Which to use
“aimée” and “aires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,064
- “aimée” frequency rank
- #7,646
- “aires” frequency rank
- 15710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aimée | aires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est aimée. | Pluriel de aire. |
Where the eye mixes aimée and aires
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. aimée (VVCVV) and aires (VVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: aimée vs aires
A purely visual mix-up. aimée (\e.me\) and aires (\ɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aimée is recorded at frequency rank #8,064, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.me\. aires is at rank #7,646, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛʁ\.
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 15710, this pair ranks #391,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aimée vs aires
Shared letters: aei. Private to "aimée": mé. Private to "aires": rs.
"aimée" · 5 letters · shape VVCVV · "aires" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aires ← aiers · airess · airres · airse · aries · iares
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aimée" and "aires" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aimée" vs "aires" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "aimée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aimée" and "aires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aires 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 #391,159 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.