aiment

\ɛm\

/\ɛm\/ verb

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The verdict

“aiment” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,210
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aimer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aiment · aiment · French

aiment · rank #2,210 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,210
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH établissements

Nearest frequency peer: établissements (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « aiment »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « aiment » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aiment vs amen
67% similar
aiment vs aimer
67% similar
aiment vs aimes
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aiment
PropertyValue
Headwordaiment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,210
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aiment »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aimentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « établissements » (#2,209), « alliance » (#2,211), « épouse » (#2,208). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aiment » est au #2,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around aiment (IPA \ɛm\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,210 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aiment, with forms such as "aiemnt", "aimennt", and "aimentt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "amen", "aimer", "aimes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aiment, spelled A-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aimer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe aimer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aiment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quelques hommes seulement prirent part aux obsèques et peu de femmes même, de celles qui profitent de toutes les occasions pour sortir leurs vêtements noirs, leurs toquets de crêpe et qui aiment renifler l’odeur de l’encens.
  2. L’histoire littéraire de notre département conviendra également aux défricheurs intrépides et aux jardiniers méticuleux qui aiment à surfignoler la toilette de leurs arbres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aiemnt
  • aimennt
  • aimentt
  • aimetn
  • aimment
  • aimnet
  • amient
  • iament

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aiment - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aiemnt2aimennt1aimentt1aimetn2aimment1aimnet2amient2iament2
Edit distance from "aiment"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aiment"?
"aiment" is spelled A-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛm\.
What does "aiment" mean?
As a verb, "aiment" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aimer.
What words are commonly confused with "aiment"?
"aiment" is commonly confused with "amen", "aimer", "aimes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aiment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aiment" is \ɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aiment" come from?
"aiment" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aiment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

épouse#2,208aspect#2,214Vienne#2,205auquel#2,216

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

attendu8 variantsimpôt8 variantspassion8 variantshumour8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list