Which to use
“avouer” and “avouera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,125
- “avouer” frequency rank
- #45,457
- “avouera” frequency rank
- 49582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avouer | avouera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Confesser et reconnaître qu’une chose est ou n’est pas, témoigner de la vérité. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe avouer. |
Where the eye mixes avouer and avouera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between avouer and avouera
A purely visual mix-up. avouer (\a.vwe\) and avouera (\a.vu.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “avouer” sits inside “avouera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avouer is recorded at frequency rank #4,125, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vwe\. avouera is at rank #45,457, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vu.ʁa\.
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 49582, this pair ranks #169,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avouer vs avouera
Shared letters: aeoruv. Private to "avouer": -. Private to "avouera": -.
"avouer" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC · "avouera" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avouer" and "avouera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "avouer" or "avouera" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "avouer" and "avouera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "avouer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avouera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avouer" and "avouera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs avouera". 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 #169,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.