admisvsamiWhich spelling fits?

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“admis” and “ami” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,119
“admis” frequency rank
#665
“ami” frequency rank
4784
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admis ami
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. Qui est bienveillant, obligeant, amical.

Where the eye mixes admis and ami

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
admis
3 ch
ami

Visual trap between admis and ami

A purely visual mix-up. admis (\ad.mi\) and ami (\a.mi\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4784, 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\. ami is at rank #665, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.mi\.

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 4784, this pair ranks #430,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of admis vs ami

Shared letters: aim. Private to "admis": ds. Private to "ami": -.

"admis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "ami" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admisaddmis · adims · admiss · admmis · admsi · amdis · damis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "admis" for "ami" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ad.mi\ versus \a.mi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "admis" vs "ami" - which ranks higher?
"ami" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #665 in our French list, against #4,119 for "admis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ami" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #430,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admis" and "ami" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admis vs Artis". 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 #430,707 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