Which to use
“amants” and “ayants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,167
- “amants” frequency rank
- #20,368
- “ayants” frequency rank
- 31535
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amants | ayants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de amant. | Pluriel de ayant dans certaines locutions : ayant cause, ayant droit. |
Where the eye mixes amants and ayants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between amants and ayants
A purely visual mix-up. amants (\a.mɑ̃\) and ayants (\ɛ.jɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - m in “amants” becomes y in “ayants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31535, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amants is recorded at frequency rank #11,167, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mɑ̃\. ayants is at rank #20,368, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.jɑ̃\.
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 31535, this pair ranks #303,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amants vs ayants
Shared letters: anst. Private to "amants": m. Private to "ayants": y.
"amants" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCC · "ayants" · 6 letters · shape VVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amants" for "ayants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "amants" vs "ayants" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "amants" and "ayants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "amants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ayants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #303,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amants" and "ayants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abats vs ayants". 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 #303,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.