Which to use
“avortée” is an adjective and “avorter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,615
- “avortée” frequency rank
- #18,657
- “avorter” frequency rank
- 59272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avortée | avorter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de avorté. | Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »). |
Same sound, different letters: avortée vs avorter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. avortée (VCVCCVV) and avorter (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - avortée and avorter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: avortée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avortée is recorded at frequency rank #40,615, 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 59272, this pair ranks #104,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of avortée vs avorter
Shared letters: aeortv. Private to "avortée": é. Private to "avorter": -.
"avortée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "avorter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- avorter ← aovrter · avoretr · avorrter · avorterr · avortre · avortter · avotrer · avroter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avortée" and "avorter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "avortée" or "avorter" show up more?
What to do next
"avortée" and "avorter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "avortée" 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 #104,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avortée" and "avorter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avortée 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 #104,105 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.