avérervsavérésTell them apart

Quick tell: avérer is a verb, avérés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“avérer” is a verb and “avérés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,095
“avérer” frequency rank
#23,110
“avérés” frequency rank
38205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avérer avérés
Definition Reconnaître ou faire reconnaître pour vrai. Masculin pluriel de avéré.

Same sound, different letters: avérer vs avérés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

6 ch
avérer
6 ch
avérés

Homophone desk: avérer vs avérés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: avérer and avérés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ve.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avérer is recorded at frequency rank #15,095, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\. avérés is at rank #23,110, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 38205, this pair ranks #256,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of avérer vs avérés

Shared letters: arvé. Private to "avérer": e. Private to "avérés": s.

"avérer" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "avérés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "avérer" and "avérés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "avérer" is a verb and "avérés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "avérer" vs "avérés" - which ranks higher?
"avérer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,095 in our French list, against #23,110 for "avérés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"avérer" and "avérés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "avérer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avérer" and "avérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs avérés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #256,917 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list