aimées vs aimez, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#40,109
“aimées” frequency rank: #3,179
“aimez” frequency rank: 43288
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	aimées	aimez
Definition	Pluriel de aimée.	Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aimer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aimées and aimez apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

aimées

5 ch

aimez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: aimées and aimez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43288, 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\. aimez is at rank #3,179, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ.me\.

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 43288, this pair ranks #219,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aimées vs aimez

Shared letters: aeim. Private to "aimées": sé. Private to "aimez": z.

"aimées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC · "aimez" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

aimez ← aiemz · aimezz · aimmez · aimze · amiez · iamez

Frequency comparison

aimées#40,109

aimez#3,179

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aimées" and "aimez" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aimées" is a noun and "aimez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "aimées" or "aimez"?

"aimez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,179 in our French list, against #40,109 for "aimées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering aimées vs aimez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “aimées”; for a verb, it's “aimez”.
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