admetsvsaiméesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#17,609
“admets” frequency rank
#40,109
“aimées” frequency rank
57718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admets aimées
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de admettre. Pluriel de aimée.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set admets and aimées apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
admets
6 ch
aimées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admets is \ad.mɛ\ while aimées is \ɛ.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admets is recorded at frequency rank #17,609, classified as averb, pronounced \ad.mɛ\. aimées is at rank #40,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.me\.

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 57718, this pair ranks #113,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of admets vs aimées

Shared letters: aems. Private to "admets": dt. Private to "aimées": .

"admets" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "aimées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admetsaddmets · ademts · admest · admetss · admetts · admmets · admtes · amdets

Frequency comparison

admets#17,609
aimées#40,109

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "admets" and "aimées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "admets" is a verb and "aimées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "admets" or "aimées"?
"admets" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,609 in our French list, against #40,109 for "aimées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering admets vs aimées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “admets”; for a noun, it's “aimées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “admets” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list