Which to use
“avons” and “avoues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #242
- “avons” frequency rank
- #45,458
- “avoues” frequency rank
- 45700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avons | avoues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de avoir. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe avouer. |
Where the eye mixes avons and avoues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. avons runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against avoues's 6 (VCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between avons and avoues
A purely visual mix-up. avons (\a.vɔ̃\) and avoues (\a.vu\) 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 45700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avons is recorded at frequency rank #242, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vɔ̃\. avoues is at rank #45,458, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vu\.
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 45700, this pair ranks #200,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avons vs avoues
Shared letters: aosv. Private to "avons": n. Private to "avoues": eu.
"avons" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "avoues" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "avons" and "avoues" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "avons" vs "avoues" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "avons" and "avoues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "avons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avoues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avons" and "avoues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aves vs avoues". 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 #200,691 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.