Which to use
“aimaient” and “aimais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,292
- “aimaient” frequency rank
- #5,100
- “aimais” frequency rank
- 21392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aimaient | aimais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe aimer. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe aimer. |
Same sound, different letters: aimaient vs aimais
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - aimaient and aimais
This is the hard kind. aimaient and aimais are pronounced identically (\ɛ.mɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aimaient is recorded at frequency rank #16,292, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ.mɛ\. aimais is at rank #5,100, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ.mɛ\.
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 21392, this pair ranks #363,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aimaient vs aimais
Shared letters: aim. Private to "aimaient": ent. Private to "aimais": s.
"aimaient" · 8 letters · shape VVCVVVCC · "aimais" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aimaient" and "aimais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aimaient" or "aimais" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "aimaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aimais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aimaient" and "aimais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aidaient vs aimaient". 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 #363,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.