amorevsareWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: amore is a noun, are is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“amore” is a noun and “are” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,433
“amore” frequency rank
#4,019
“are” frequency rank
34452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amore are
Definition die Liebe 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs be

Letter map: amore vs are

Shared letters muted; letters that set amore and are apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
amore
3 ch
are

Grammar separator: amore vs are

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amore is anoun and areaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amore is recorded at frequency rank #30,433, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. are is at rank #4,019, tagged as averb, pronounced [ə].

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 34452, this pair ranks #1,663,037 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of amore vs are

Shared letters: aer. Private to "amore": mo. Private to "are": -.

"amore" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "are" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amoreammore · amoer · amorre · amroe · aomre · maore

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amore" and "are" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amore" is a noun and "are" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "amore" or "are" show up more?
"are" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,019 in our German list, against #30,433 for "amore". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "amore" and "are". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "are" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,663,037 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amore" and "are" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amore vs puzzles". 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 #1,663,037 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list