Which to use
“avorté” is an adjective and “avorter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,846
- “avorté” frequency rank
- #18,657
- “avorter” frequency rank
- 47503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avorté | avorter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d’un organe d’une plante qui ne s’est pas développé là où il devrait se développer. | Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »). |
Same sound, different letters: avorté vs avorter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. avorté runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against avorter's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - avorté / avorter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: avorté and avorter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.vɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avorté is recorded at frequency rank #28,846, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.te\. avorter is at rank #18,657, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.te\.
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 47503, this pair ranks #186,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avorté vs avorter
Shared letters: aortv. Private to "avorté": é. Private to "avorter": e.
"avorté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "avorter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- avorter ← aovrter · avoretr · avorrter · avorterr · avortre · avortter · avotrer · avroter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "avorté" for "avorter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "avorté" or "avorter"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "avorté" / "avorter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "avorté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avorter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avorté" and "avorter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avorté vs avouée". 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 #186,454 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.