aimévsasmTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,466
“aimé” frequency rank
#17,876
“asm” frequency rank
19342
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aimé asm
Definition Chéri. Asthmatique.

Where the eye mixes aimé and asm

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

4 ch
aimé
3 ch
asm

Visual trap between aimé and asm

A purely visual mix-up. aimé (\ɛ.me\) and asm (\as\) 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 19342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aimé is recorded at frequency rank #1,466, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.me\. asm is at rank #17,876, tagged as anadj, pronounced \as\.

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 19342, this pair ranks #373,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aimé vs asm

Shared letters: am. Private to "aimé": . Private to "asm": s.

"aimé" · 4 letters · shape VVCV  ·  "asm" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aimé" and "asm" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ.me\ versus \as\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "aimé" or "asm"?
"aimé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,466 in our French list, against #17,876 for "asm". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "aimé" and "asm" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aimé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "asm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #373,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aimé" and "asm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asm vs aur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #373,743 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