agrivsamiTell them apart

Which to use

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

#39,142
“agri” frequency rank
#665
“ami” frequency rank
39807
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agri ami
Definition Pluriel de agro. Qui est bienveillant, obligeant, amical.

Where the eye mixes agri and ami

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
agri
3 ch
ami

Why the eye confuses agri with ami

A purely visual mix-up. agri (\ˈa.ɡri\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agri is recorded at frequency rank #39,142, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈa.ɡri\. 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 39807, this pair ranks #245,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agri vs ami

Shared letters: ai. Private to "agri": gr. Private to "ami": m.

"agri" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ami" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agriaggri · agrri · argi · gari

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agri" and "ami" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ˈa.ɡri\ versus \a.mi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agri" vs "ami" - which ranks higher?
"ami" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #665 in our French list, against #39,142 for "agri". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agri" 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 #245,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agri" and "ami" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agri vs aur". 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 #245,218 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