Which to use
“avouant” and “avouons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,173
- “avouant” frequency rank
- #32,695
- “avouons” frequency rank
- 74868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avouant | avouons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent du verbe avouer. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avouer. |
Where the eye mixes avouant and avouons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. avouant and avouons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between avouant and avouons
A purely visual mix-up. avouant (\a.vwɑ̃\) and avouons (\a.vwɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avouant is recorded at frequency rank #42,173, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vwɑ̃\. avouons is at rank #32,695, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vwɔ̃\.
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 74868, this pair ranks #35,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of avouant vs avouons
Shared letters: anouv. Private to "avouant": t. Private to "avouons": s.
"avouant" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCC · "avouons" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "avouant" for "avouons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "avouant" vs "avouons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "avouant" and "avouons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "avouant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avouons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avouant" and "avouons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avouait vs avouant". 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 #35,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.