Which to use
“ailé” and “ample” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,126
- “ailé” frequency rank
- #17,613
- “ample” frequency rank
- 55739
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ailé | ample |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui possède des ailes. | Qui dépasse en largeur et en longueur la mesure ordinaire. |
Where the eye mixes ailé and ample
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. ailé runs 4 letters (VVCV) against ample's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between ailé and ample
A purely visual mix-up. ailé (\ɛ.le\) and ample (\ɑ̃pl\) 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 55739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ailé is recorded at frequency rank #38,126, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.le\. ample is at rank #17,613, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃pl\.
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 55739, this pair ranks #125,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ailé vs ample
Shared letters: al. Private to "ailé": ié. Private to "ample": emp.
"ailé" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "ample" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ample ← amlpe · ammple · ampel · amplle · ampple · apmle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ailé" for "ample" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ailé" or "ample" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ailé" and "ample" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ailé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ample" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ailé" and "ample" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ailé vs Aure". 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 #125,515 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.