Which to use
“alegre” and “amère” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,235
- “alegre” frequency rank
- #16,544
- “amère” frequency rank
- 52779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alegre | amère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gai, joyeux. | Féminin singulier de amer. |
Where the eye mixes alegre and amère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. alegre runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against amère's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between alegre and amère
A purely visual mix-up. alegre ([aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe]) and amère (\a.mɛʁ\) 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 52779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alegre is recorded at frequency rank #36,235, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe]. amère is at rank #16,544, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.mɛʁ\.
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 52779, this pair ranks #145,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alegre vs amère
Shared letters: aer. Private to "alegre": gl. Private to "amère": mè.
"alegre" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "amère" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alegre ← aelgre · aleger · aleggre · alegrre · alerge · algere · allegre · laegre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alegre" and "amère" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "alegre" vs "amère" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "alegre" and "amère" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alegre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alegre" and "amère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alegre vs allègue". 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 #145,360 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.