aimonsvsAumontConfusable pair

Quick tell: aimons is a verb, Aumont is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aimons” is a verb and “Aumont” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,164
“aimons” frequency rank
#38,658
“Aumont” frequency rank
49822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aimons Aumont
Definition Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aimer. Nom de famille français.

Where the eye mixes aimons and Aumont

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. aimons and Aumont follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
aimons
6 ch
Aumont

Look-alike desk: aimons vs Aumont

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aimons is \ɛ.mɔ̃\ while Aumont is \o.mɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aimons is recorded at frequency rank #11,164, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ.mɔ̃\. Aumont is at rank #38,658, tagged as aname, pronounced \o.mɔ̃\.

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 49822, this pair ranks #167,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aimons vs Aumont

Shared letters: amno. Private to "aimons": is. Private to "Aumont": tu.

"aimons" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC  ·  "Aumont" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aimons ← aimmons · aimnos · aimonns · aimonss · aimosn · aiomns · amions · iamons
  • Aumont ← amuont · aummont · aumnot · aumonnt · aumontt · aumotn · auomnt · uamont

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aimons" and "Aumont" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aimons" is a verb and "Aumont" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aimons" or "Aumont"?
"aimons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,164 in our French list, against #38,658 for "Aumont". 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 "aimons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Aumont" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aimons" and "Aumont" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "almost vs Aumont". 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 #167,616 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