Which to use
“aimées” and “armée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,109
- “aimées” frequency rank
- #575
- “armée” frequency rank
- 40684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aimées | armée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de aimée. | Ensemble structuré de soldats, avec leur équipement et leurs infrastructures. |
Where the eye mixes aimées and armée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. aimées runs 6 letters (VVCVVC) against armée's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses aimées with armée
A purely visual mix-up. aimées (\ɛ.me\) and armée (\aʁ.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40684, 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\. armée is at rank #575, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.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 40684, this pair ranks #238,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aimées vs armée
Shared letters: aemé. Private to "aimées": is. Private to "armée": r.
"aimées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC · "armée" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aimées" and "armée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aimées" or "armée" show up more?
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 "armée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aimées" and "armée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aimées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #238,712 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.