admisesvsamiesWhat's the difference?

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.

7 ch
admises
5 ch
amies

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

  • admises ← addmises · adimses · admiess · admisess · admisses · admmises · admsies · amdises
  • amies ← ameis · amiess · amise · ammies · maies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admises" and "amies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ad.miz\ versus \a.mi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admises" or "amies"?
"amies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,212 in our French list, against #26,601 for "admises". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list