amarvsapartWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: amar is a verb, apart is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“amar” is a verb and “apart” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,048
“amar” frequency rank
#32,275
“apart” frequency rank
60323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amar apart
Definition Aimer. Chic, classe, charmant.

Letter map: amar vs apart

Shared letters muted; letters that set amar and apart apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. amar runs 4 letters (VCVC) against apart's 5 (VCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
amar
5 ch
apart

Grammar separator: amar vs apart

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amar is averb and apartanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amar is recorded at frequency rank #28,048, classified as averb. apart is at rank #32,275, tagged as anadj, pronounced \aˈpaʁt\.

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 60323, this pair ranks #98,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amar vs apart

Shared letters: ar. Private to "amar": m. Private to "apart": pt.

"amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amar ← aamr · amarr · ammar
  • apart ← aaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · aprat · paart

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amar" and "apart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amar" is a verb and "apart" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "amar" vs "apart" - which ranks higher?
"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,048 in our French list, against #32,275 for "apart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "amar" and "apart". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amar" and "apart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amar vs aur". 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 #98,206 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list