aiméesvsaiséesConfusable pair

Quick tell: aimées is a noun, aisées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#40,109
“aimées” frequency rank
#23,749
“aisées” frequency rank
63858
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aimées aisées
Definition Pluriel de aimée. Féminin pluriel de aisé.

Where the eye mixes aimées and aisées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. aimées and aisées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
aimées
6 ch
aisées

Visual trap between aimées and aisées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aimées is \ɛ.me\ while aisées is \e.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - m in “aimées” becomes s in “aisées”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63858, 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\. aisées is at rank #23,749, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ze\.

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 63858, this pair ranks #79,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aimées vs aisées

Shared letters: aeisé. Private to "aimées": m. Private to "aisées": -.

"aimées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC  ·  "aisées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aimées" for "aisées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aimées" is a noun and "aisées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aimées" vs "aisées" - which ranks higher?
"aisées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,749 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

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aimées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aimées" and "aisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aimées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #79,864 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