Which to use
“allé” is a verb and “amie” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,800
- “allé” frequency rank
- #1,762
- “amie” frequency rank
- 3562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allé | amie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin singulier du participe passé du verbe aller. | Femme avec qui on est lié d’amitié. |
Where the eye mixes allé and amie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Why the eye confuses allé with amie
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: allé is \a.le\ while amie is \a.mi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allé is recorded at frequency rank #1,800, classified as averb, pronounced \a.le\. amie is at rank #1,762, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.mi\.
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 3562, this pair ranks #433,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of allé vs amie
Shared letters: a. Private to "allé": lé. Private to "amie": eim.
"allé" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "amie" · 4 letters · shape VCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- amie ← amei · ammie · maie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "allé" and "amie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "allé" or "amie" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "allé" and "amie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "allé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allé" and "amie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allé vs Aure". 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 #433,739 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.