Which to use
“avoit” and “avons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,168
- “avoit” frequency rank
- #242
- “avons” frequency rank
- 39410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avoit | avons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ancienne forme d’avait, troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe avoir. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de avoir. |
Where the eye mixes avoit and avons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses avoit with avons
A purely visual mix-up. avoit (\a.vwɛ\) and avons (\a.vɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avoit is recorded at frequency rank #39,168, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vwɛ\. avons is at rank #242, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vɔ̃\.
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 39410, this pair ranks #248,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avoit vs avons
Shared letters: aov. Private to "avoit": it. Private to "avons": ns.
"avoit" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "avons" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "avoit" and "avons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "avoit" vs "avons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "avoit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avoit" and "avons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alost vs avoit". 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 #248,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.