Which to use
“avoues” and “avouez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,458
- “avoues” frequency rank
- #23,109
- “avouez” frequency rank
- 68567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avoues | avouez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe avouer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avouer. |
Where the eye mixes avoues and avouez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between avoues and avouez
A purely visual mix-up. avoues (\a.vu\) and avouez (\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 a single letter - s in “avoues” becomes z in “avouez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avoues is recorded at frequency rank #45,458, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vu\. avouez is at rank #23,109, 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 68567, this pair ranks #58,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of avoues vs avouez
Shared letters: aeouv. Private to "avoues": s. Private to "avouez": z.
"avoues" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC · "avouez" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avoues" and "avouez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "avoues" or "avouez" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "avoues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avouez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avoues" and "avouez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aves vs avoues". 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 #58,640 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.