Which to use
“avorter” and “avouer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,657
- “avorter” frequency rank
- #4,125
- “avouer” frequency rank
- 22782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avorter | avouer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »). | Confesser et reconnaître qu’une chose est ou n’est pas, témoigner de la vérité. |
Where the eye mixes avorter and avouer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. avorter runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against avouer's 6 (VCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses avorter with avouer
A purely visual mix-up. avorter (\a.vɔʁ.te\) and avouer (\a.vwe\) 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 22782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avorter is recorded at frequency rank #18,657, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.te\. avouer is at rank #4,125, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vwe\.
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 22782, this pair ranks #356,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of avorter vs avouer
Shared letters: aeorv. Private to "avorter": t. Private to "avouer": u.
"avorter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "avouer" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avorter" and "avouer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "avorter" or "avouer"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "avorter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avouer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avorter" and "avouer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avortée vs avorter". 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 #356,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.