Which to use
“amas” and “amis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,519
- “amas” frequency rank
- #444
- “amis” frequency rank
- 11963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amas | amis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Agrégat de plusieurs choses réunies, accumulées comme en un seul tas. | Pluriel de ami. |
Where the eye mixes amas and amis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. amas and amis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: amas vs amis
A purely visual mix-up. amas (\a.ma\) and amis (\a.mi\) 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 - a in “amas” becomes i in “amis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amas is recorded at frequency rank #11,519, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ma\. amis is at rank #444, 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 11963, this pair ranks #407,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of amas vs amis
Shared letters: ams. Private to "amas": -. Private to "amis": i.
"amas" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "amis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amas" and "amis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "amas" vs "amis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "amas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amas" and "amis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amas vs aves". 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 #407,110 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.