admirévsarmureConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#23,438
“admiré” frequency rank
#10,632
“armure” frequency rank
34070
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admiré armure
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe admirer. Ensemble de l’équipement défensif qui protège le corps ou les membres, comme la cuirasse, le casque, etc.

Where the eye mixes admiré and armure

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. admiré and armure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
admiré
6 ch
armure

Look-alike desk: admiré vs armure

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admiré is \ad.mi.ʁe\ while armure is \aʁ.myʁ\. 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 34070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admiré is recorded at frequency rank #23,438, classified as averb, pronounced \ad.mi.ʁe\. armure is at rank #10,632, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.myʁ\.

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 34070, this pair ranks #286,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of admiré vs armure

Shared letters: amr. Private to "admiré": dié. Private to "armure": eu.

"admiré" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "armure" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • armure ← amrure · armmure · armrue · armuer · armurre · arrmure · arumre · ramure

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "admiré" for "armure" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "admiré" is a verb and "armure" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "admiré" or "armure"?
"armure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,632 in our French list, against #23,438 for "admiré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admiré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "armure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #286,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admiré" and "armure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admiré vs admirée". 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 #286,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list