Français homophones

ami/amie/amies/amis/Amy

"ami" is an adjective; "amie" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #101 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "ami" arrives as an adjective, while "amie" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "ami" then splits - "ami" (3 letters) vs "amie" (4).
Shared stem "ami" then splits - "ami" (3 letters) vs "amies" (5).
Shared stem "ami" then splits - "ami" (3 letters) vs "amis" (4).
Single-letter fork: "ami" keeps i, "Amy" writes y at letter 3.
Shared stem "amie" then splits - "amie" (4 letters) vs "amies" (5).
Single-letter fork: "amie" keeps e, "amis" writes s at letter 4.
Shared stem "am" then splits - "amie" (4 letters) vs "Amy" (3).
Shared stem "ami" then splits - "amies" (5 letters) vs "amis" (4).
Shared stem "am" then splits - "amies" (5 letters) vs "Amy" (3).
Shared stem "am" then splits - "amis" (4 letters) vs "Amy" (3).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across ami, amie, amies, amis, Amy: am. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

ami
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCV
Inventory aim · private i
amie
4 letters · 3 vowels · shape VCVV
Inventory aeim · private ei
amies
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape VCVVC
Inventory aeims · private eis
amis
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCVC
Inventory aims · private is
Amy
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCV
Inventory amy · private y

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "ami" when you mean: Qui est bienveillant, obligeant, amical.
Write "amie" when you mean: Femme avec qui on est lié d’amitié.
Write "amies" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de ami.
Write "amis" when you mean: Pluriel de ami.
Write "Amy" when you mean: Nom de famille.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

amie ← amei · ammie · maie
amies ← ameis · amiess · amise · ammies · maies
amis ← aims · amiss · ammis · amsi · mais

Each spelling

ami

adjective · /\a.mi\/ · #665 frequency

Qui est bienveillant, obligeant, amical.

amie

noun · /\a.mi\/ · #1,762 frequency

Femme avec qui on est lié d’amitié.

amies

adjective · /\a.mi\/ · #5,212 frequency

Féminin pluriel de ami.

amis

noun · /\a.mi\/ · #444 frequency

Pluriel de ami.

Amy

name · /\a.mi\/ · #9,778 frequency

Nom de famille.