amarvsaurWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: amar is a verb, aur is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#28,048
“amar” frequency rank
#49,504
“aur” frequency rank
77552
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amar aur
Definition Aimer. Or. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 79 et de symbole Au qui fait partie des métaux de transition.

Letter map: amar vs aur

Shared letters muted; letters that set amar and aur apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
amar
3 ch
aur

Role in the sentence - amar and aur

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amar is averb and auranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amar is recorded at frequency rank #28,048, classified as averb. aur is at rank #49,504, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈawɾ\.

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 77552, this pair ranks #28,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amar vs aur

Shared letters: ar. Private to "amar": m. Private to "aur": u.

"amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "aur" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amaraamr · amarr · ammar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amar" and "aur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amar" is a verb and "aur" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "amar" or "aur" show up more?
"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,048 in our French list, against #49,504 for "aur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "amar" vs "aur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amar" and "aur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ahn 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 #28,037 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