Which to use
“actes” and “âmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,552
- “actes” frequency rank
- #5,939
- “âmes” frequency rank
- 7491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | actes | âmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de acte. | Pluriel de âme. |
Where the eye mixes actes and âmes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses actes with âmes
A purely visual mix-up. actes (\akt\) and âmes (\ɑːm\) 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 7491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
actes is recorded at frequency rank #1,552, classified as anoun, pronounced \akt\. âmes is at rank #5,939, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑːm\.
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 7491, this pair ranks #423,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of actes vs âmes
Shared letters: es. Private to "actes": act. Private to "âmes": mâ.
"actes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "âmes" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- actes ← acctes · acets · actess · actse · acttes · atces · cates
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "actes" and "âmes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "actes" or "âmes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "actes" and "âmes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "actes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "âmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "actes" and "âmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "âmes vs aves". 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 #423,009 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.