amenéevsamenezWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#13,506
“amenée” frequency rank
#33,111
“amenez” frequency rank
46617
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amenée amenez
Definition Baisse, descente d'un pavillon. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amener.

Same sound, different letters: amenée vs amenez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. amenée (VCVCVV) and amenez (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
amenée
6 ch
amenez

Same sound, different spelling - amenée / amenez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: amenée and amenez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.mə.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amenée is recorded at frequency rank #13,506, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mə.ne\. amenez is at rank #33,111, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.mə.ne\.

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 46617, this pair ranks #193,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amenée vs amenez

Shared letters: aemn. Private to "amenée": é. Private to "amenez": z.

"amenée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "amenez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amenez ← aemnez · ameenz · amenezz · amennez · amenze · ammenez · amneez · maenez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amenée" for "amenez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amenée" is a noun and "amenez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "amenée" or "amenez"?
"amenée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,506 in our French list, against #33,111 for "amenez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"amenée" and "amenez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amenée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amenez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amenée" and "amenez" 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 #193,514 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