Which to use
“aident” and “aidés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,957
- “aident” frequency rank
- #12,094
- “aidés” frequency rank
- 21051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aident | aidés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aider. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe aider. |
Where the eye mixes aident and aidés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: aident vs aidés
A purely visual mix-up. aident (\ɛd\) and aidés (\ɛ.de\) 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 21051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aident is recorded at frequency rank #8,957, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛd\. aidés is at rank #12,094, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ.de\.
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 21051, this pair ranks #365,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aident vs aidés
Shared letters: adi. Private to "aident": ent. Private to "aidés": sé.
"aident" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC · "aidés" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aident ← adient · aiddent · aidennt · aidentt · aidetn · aidnet · aiednt · iadent
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aident" and "aidés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "aident" or "aidés"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aident" and "aidés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aident" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aidés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aident" and "aidés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aidés 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 #365,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.