Which to use
“aimées” is a noun and “amers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,109
- “aimées” frequency rank
- #39,148
- “amers” frequency rank
- 79257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aimées | amers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de aimée. | Masculin pluriel de amer. |
Where the eye mixes aimées and amers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. aimées runs 6 letters (VVCVVC) against amers's 5 (VCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: aimées vs amers
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aimées is \ɛ.me\ while amers is \a.mɛʁ\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79257, 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\. amers is at rank #39,148, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.mɛʁ\.
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 79257, this pair ranks #23,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aimées vs amers
Shared letters: aems. Private to "aimées": ié. Private to "amers": r.
"aimées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC · "amers" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amers ← aemrs · amerrs · amerss · amesr · ammers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aimées" and "amers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aimées" or "amers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "aimées" and "amers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aimées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aimées" and "amers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amers vs avéra". 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 #23,742 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.