Which to use
“avoué” is an adjective and “avouée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,786
- “avoué” frequency rank
- #46,594
- “avouée” frequency rank
- 54380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avoué | avouée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est reconnu comme vrai. | Officière ministérielle dont la fonction est de représenter les parties devant les tribunaux et de faire en leur nom tous les actes de procédure nécessaires. |
Same sound, different letters: avoué vs avouée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. avoué runs 5 letters (VCVVV) against avouée's 6 (VCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - avoué / avouée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: avoué and avouée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.vwe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “avoué” sits inside “avouée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avoué is recorded at frequency rank #7,786, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.vwe\. avouée is at rank #46,594, tagged as anoun, 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 54380, this pair ranks #134,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avoué vs avouée
Shared letters: aouvé. Private to "avoué": -. Private to "avouée": e.
"avoué" · 5 letters · shape VCVVV · "avouée" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "avoué" for "avouée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "avoué" vs "avouée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "avoué" / "avouée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "avoué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avouée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avoué" and "avouée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avouée vs avoues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #134,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.