aimesvsaminésWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,941
“aimes” frequency rank
#24,470
“aminés” frequency rank
26411
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aimes aminés
Definition Pluriel de aime. Masculin pluriel de aminé.

Where the eye mixes aimes and aminés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
aimes
6 ch
aminés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aimes is \ɛm\ while aminés is \a.mi.ne\. 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 26411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aimes is recorded at frequency rank #1,941, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛm\. aminés is at rank #24,470, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.mi.ne\.

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 26411, this pair ranks #335,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aimes vs aminés

Shared letters: aims. Private to "aimes": e. Private to "aminés": .

"aimes" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC  ·  "aminés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aimesaiems · aimess · aimmes · aimse · iames

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aimes" and "aminés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aimes" is a noun and "aminés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aimes" or "aminés"?
"aimes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,941 in our French list, against #24,470 for "aminés". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "aimes" and "aminés". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aimes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aminés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #335,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aimes" and "aminés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ains vs aminés". 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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list