Which to use
“amendée” is a verb and “amendes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,322
- “amendée” frequency rank
- #9,112
- “amendes” frequency rank
- 57434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amendée | amendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe amender. | Pluriel de amende. |
Where the eye mixes amendée and amendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. amendée (VCVCCVV) and amendes (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between amendée and amendes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: amendée is \a.mɑ̃.de\ while amendes is \a.mɑ̃d\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amendée is recorded at frequency rank #48,322, classified as averb, pronounced \a.mɑ̃.de\. 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 57434, this pair ranks #115,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amendée vs amendes
Shared letters: ademn. Private to "amendée": é. Private to "amendes": s.
"amendée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "amendes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amendes ← aemndes · amednes · amenddes · amendess · amendse · ameneds · amenndes · ammendes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amendée" and "amendes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "amendée" vs "amendes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "amendée" 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 #115,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amendée" and "amendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amendée vs amenez". 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 #115,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.