aveuglevsaveuglésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aveugle is a adjective, aveuglés is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#3,895
“aveugle” frequency rank
#46,014
“aveuglés” frequency rank
49909
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aveugle aveuglés
Definition Privé du sens de la vue, en parlant d’une personne ou d’un animal. Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe aveugler.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aveugle and aveuglés apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
aveugle
8 ch
aveuglés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aveugle is \a.vœɡl\ while aveuglés is \a.vœ.ɡle\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aveugle is recorded at frequency rank #3,895, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.vœɡl\. aveuglés is at rank #46,014, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vœ.ɡle\.

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 49909, this pair ranks #166,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aveugle vs aveuglés

Shared letters: aegluv. Private to "aveugle": -. Private to "aveuglés": .

"aveugle" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV  ·  "aveuglés" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aveugleaevugle · avegule · aveugel · aveuggle · aveuglle · aveulge · avuegle · avveugle

Frequency comparison

aveugle#3,895
aveuglés#46,014

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aveugle" and "aveuglés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aveugle" is an adjective and "aveuglés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aveugle" or "aveuglés"?
"aveugle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,895 in our French list, against #46,014 for "aveuglés". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering aveugle vs aveuglés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “aveugle”; for a verb, it's “aveuglés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “aveugle” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list