aimezvsaurezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“aimez” and “aurez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,179
“aimez” frequency rank
#2,658
“aurez” frequency rank
5837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aimez aurez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aimer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur du verbe avoir.

Where the eye mixes aimez and aurez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. aimez and aurez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
aimez
5 ch
aurez

Look-alike desk: aimez vs aurez

A purely visual mix-up. aimez (\ɛ.me\) and aurez (\o.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aimez is recorded at frequency rank #3,179, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ.me\. aurez is at rank #2,658, tagged as averb, pronounced \o.ʁe\.

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 5837, this pair ranks #427,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aimez vs aurez

Shared letters: aez. Private to "aimez": im. Private to "aurez": ru.

"aimez" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC  ·  "aurez" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aimezaiemz · aimezz · aimmez · aimze · amiez · iamez
  • aurezaruez · auerz · aurezz · aurrez · aurze · uarez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aimez" for "aurez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ.me\ versus \o.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "aimez" or "aurez"?
"aurez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,658 in our French list, against #3,179 for "aimez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aimez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aurez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #427,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aimez" and "aurez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aur vs aurez". 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 #427,933 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