âme sœur
\ɑm sœʁ\
The verdict
“âme sœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui semble être faite pour convenir à une autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ame-s-ur · âme sœur · French
âme sœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Â" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | âme sœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑm sœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « âme sœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
âme sœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑm sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui semble être faite pour convenir à une autre.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for âme sœur in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is âme sœur, spelled Â-M-E- -S-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui semble être faite pour convenir à une autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how âme sœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On croit trouver une âme sœur Et l’on récolte une vestale Qui vient vous faire la morale Dans un hôtel sans ascenseur.
Elle ne voyait en lui ni son destin ni son âme sœur.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.