Which to use
“amandes” is a noun and “amendée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,647
- “amandes” frequency rank
- #48,322
- “amendée” frequency rank
- 66969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amandes | amendée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de amande. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe amender. |
Where the eye mixes amandes and amendée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. amandes (VCVCCVC) and amendée (VCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses amandes with amendée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: amandes is \a.mɑ̃d\ while amendée is \a.mɑ̃.de\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amandes is recorded at frequency rank #18,647, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mɑ̃d\. amendée is at rank #48,322, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.mɑ̃.de\.
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 66969, this pair ranks #65,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of amandes vs amendée
Shared letters: ademn. Private to "amandes": s. Private to "amendée": é.
"amandes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "amendée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- amandes ← aamndes · amadnes · amanddes · amandess · amandse · amaneds · amanndes · ammandes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amandes" and "amendée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "amandes" or "amendée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "amandes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amendée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amandes" and "amendée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amendée vs amenez". 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 #65,489 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.