avérésvsavertisConfusable pair

Which to use

“avérés” and “avertis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,110
“avérés” frequency rank
#15,570
“avertis” frequency rank
38680
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avérés avertis
Definition Masculin pluriel de avéré. Masculin pluriel de averti.

Where the eye mixes avérés and avertis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. avérés runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against avertis's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
avérés
7 ch
avertis

Why the eye confuses avérés with avertis

A purely visual mix-up. avérés (\a.ve.ʁe\) and avertis (\a.vɛʁ.ti\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avérés is recorded at frequency rank #23,110, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\. avertis is at rank #15,570, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.vɛʁ.ti\.

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 38680, this pair ranks #253,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of avérés vs avertis

Shared letters: arsv. Private to "avérés": é. Private to "avertis": eit.

"avérés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "avertis" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avertis ← aevrtis · averits · averrtis · avertiss · avertsi · averttis · avetris · avretis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "avérés" for "avertis" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.ve.ʁe\ versus \a.vɛʁ.ti\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "avérés" vs "avertis" - which ranks higher?
"avertis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,570 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

Eye-level mix-up between "avérés" and "avertis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "avérés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avertis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #253,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avérés" and "avertis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs avérés". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #253,570 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