Which to use
“avouait” and “avouant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,616
- “avouait” frequency rank
- #42,173
- “avouant” frequency rank
- 82789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avouait | avouant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe avouer. | Participe présent du verbe avouer. |
Where the eye mixes avouait and avouant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: avouait vs avouant
A purely visual mix-up. avouait (\a.vwɛ\) and avouant (\a.vwɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “avouait” becomes n in “avouant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avouait is recorded at frequency rank #40,616, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vwɛ\. avouant is at rank #42,173, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vwɑ̃\.
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 82789, this pair ranks #16,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of avouait vs avouant
Shared letters: aotuv. Private to "avouait": i. Private to "avouant": n.
"avouait" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVVC · "avouant" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "avouait" for "avouant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "avouait" vs "avouant" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "avouait" and "avouant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "avouait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avouant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avouait" and "avouant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avoit vs avouait". 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 #16,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.