Which to use
“admises” and “amies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,601
- “admises” frequency rank
- #5,212
- “amies” frequency rank
- 31813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admises | amies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de admis. | Féminin pluriel de ami. |
Where the eye mixes admises and amies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admises runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against amies's 5 (VCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: admises vs amies
A purely visual mix-up. admises (\ad.miz\) and amies (\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 31813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admises is recorded at frequency rank #26,601, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.miz\. amies is at rank #5,212, 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 31813, this pair ranks #301,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admises vs amies
Shared letters: aeims. Private to "admises": d. Private to "amies": -.
"admises" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "amies" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admises" and "amies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "admises" or "amies"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "admises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admises" and "amies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirée vs admises". 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 #301,384 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.