Which to use
“amende” and “amendes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,508
- “amende” frequency rank
- #9,112
- “amendes” frequency rank
- 12620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amende | amendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Peine pécuniaire imposée par la justice. | Pluriel de amende. |
Same sound, different letters: amende vs amendes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. amende runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against amendes's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - amende and amendes
This is the hard kind. amende and amendes are pronounced identically (\a.mɑ̃d\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “amende” sits inside “amendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amende is recorded at frequency rank #3,508, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mɑ̃d\. amendes is at rank #9,112, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.mɑ̃d\.
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 12620, this pair ranks #404,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of amende vs amendes
Shared letters: ademn. Private to "amende": -. Private to "amendes": s.
"amende" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "amendes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amende" and "amendes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "amende" vs "amendes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "amende" / "amendes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "amende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #404,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amende" and "amendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amendée vs amendes". 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 #404,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.