Which to use
“admis” is an adjective and “amas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,119
- “admis” frequency rank
- #11,519
- “amas” frequency rank
- 15638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admis | amas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui, ayant subi avec succès jusqu’à la fin toutes les épreuves d’un concours, obtient le diplôme, entre à l’école ou parvient à la fonction qui se recrute ainsi. | Agrégat de plusieurs choses réunies, accumulées comme en un seul tas. |
Where the eye mixes admis and amas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: admis vs amas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admis is \ad.mi\ while amas is \a.ma\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admis is recorded at frequency rank #4,119, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi\. amas is at rank #11,519, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ma\.
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 15638, this pair ranks #391,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of admis vs amas
Shared letters: ams. Private to "admis": di. Private to "amas": -.
"admis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "amas" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admis" and "amas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "admis" vs "amas" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "admis" and "amas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "admis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admis" and "amas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amas 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 #391,506 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.