Which to use
“admirez” and “aimiez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,843
- “admirez” frequency rank
- #39,630
- “aimiez” frequency rank
- 64473
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirez | aimiez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe admirer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe aimer. |
Where the eye mixes admirez and aimiez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admirez runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against aimiez's 6 (VVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between admirez and aimiez
A purely visual mix-up. admirez (\ad.mi.ʁe\) and aimiez (\ɛ.mje\) 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 64473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirez is recorded at frequency rank #24,843, classified as averb, pronounced \ad.mi.ʁe\. aimiez is at rank #39,630, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ.mje\.
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 64473, this pair ranks #76,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admirez vs aimiez
Shared letters: aeimz. Private to "admirez": dr. Private to "aimiez": -.
"admirez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "aimiez" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admirez" for "aimiez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "admirez" vs "aimiez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "admirez" and "aimiez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aimiez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirez" and "aimiez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aimiez vs Amiel". 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 #76,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.