Which to use
“avoues” and “avouons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,458
- “avoues” frequency rank
- #32,695
- “avouons” frequency rank
- 78153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avoues | avouons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe avouer. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avouer. |
Where the eye mixes avoues and avouons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. avoues runs 6 letters (VCVVVC) against avouons's 7 (VCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses avoues with avouons
A purely visual mix-up. avoues (\a.vu\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78153, 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\. 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 78153, this pair ranks #26,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of avoues vs avouons
Shared letters: aosuv. Private to "avoues": e. Private to "avouons": n.
"avoues" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC · "avouons" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avoues" and "avouons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "avoues" or "avouons" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "avoues" 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 #26,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avoues" and "avouons" 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 #26,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.