aiméesvsaimerasTell them apart

Quick tell: aimées is a noun, aimeras is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aimées” is a noun and “aimeras” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,109
“aimées” frequency rank
#33,966
“aimeras” frequency rank
74075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aimées aimeras
Definition Pluriel de aimée. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur du verbe aimer.

Where the eye mixes aimées and aimeras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. aimées runs 6 letters (VVCVVC) against aimeras's 7 (VVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aimées
7 ch
aimeras

Look-alike desk: aimées vs aimeras

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aimées is \ɛ.me\ while aimeras is \ɛ.mə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aimées is recorded at frequency rank #40,109, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.me\. aimeras is at rank #33,966, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ.mə.ʁa\.

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 74075, this pair ranks #38,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aimées vs aimeras

Shared letters: aeims. Private to "aimées": é. Private to "aimeras": r.

"aimées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC  ·  "aimeras" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aimerasaiemras · aimears · aimerass · aimerras · aimersa · aimmeras · aimreas · amieras

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aimées" for "aimeras" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aimées" is a noun and "aimeras" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aimées" or "aimeras"?
"aimeras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,966 in our French list, against #40,109 for "aimées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aimées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aimeras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aimées" and "aimeras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aimées". 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 #38,351 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