Which to use
“aises” and “animes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,636
- “aises” frequency rank
- #38,136
- “animes” frequency rank
- 79772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aises | animes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de aise. | Pluriel de anime. |
Where the eye mixes aises and animes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. aises runs 5 letters (VVCVC) against animes's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between aises and animes
A purely visual mix-up. aises (\ɛz\) and animes (\a.nim\) 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 79772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aises is recorded at frequency rank #41,636, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛz\. animes is at rank #38,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.nim\.
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 79772, this pair ranks #22,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aises vs animes
Shared letters: aeis. Private to "aises": -. Private to "animes": mn.
"aises" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC · "animes" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aises" and "animes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "aises" or "animes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aises" and "animes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "animes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aises" and "animes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aises vs aves". 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 #22,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.