amenéesvsamenezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“amenées” and “amenez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,219
“amenées” frequency rank
#33,111
“amenez” frequency rank
62330
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amenées amenez
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe amener. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amener.

Same sound, different letters: amenées vs amenez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. amenées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against amenez's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
amenées
6 ch
amenez

Homophone desk: amenées vs amenez

This is the hard kind. amenées and amenez are pronounced identically (\a.mə.ne\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amenées is recorded at frequency rank #29,219, classified as averb, 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 62330, this pair ranks #87,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amenées vs amenez

Shared letters: aemn. Private to "amenées": sé. Private to "amenez": z.

"amenées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "amenez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "amenées" and "amenez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.mə.ne\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "amenées" or "amenez"?
"amenées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,219 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.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amenées" 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 #87,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amenées" 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 #87,700 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