amenéesvsaminésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: amenées is a verb, aminés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“amenées” is a verb and “aminés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,219
“amenées” frequency rank
#24,470
“aminés” frequency rank
53689
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amenées aminés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe amener. Masculin pluriel de aminé.

Where the eye mixes amenées and aminés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. amenées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against aminés's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
amenées
6 ch
aminés

Why the eye confuses amenées with aminés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: amenées is \a.mə.ne\ while aminés is \a.mi.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53689, 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\. aminés is at rank #24,470, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.mi.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 53689, this pair ranks #139,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amenées vs aminés

Shared letters: amnsé. Private to "amenées": e. Private to "aminés": i.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "amenées" and "aminés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amenées" is a verb and "aminés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "amenées" vs "aminés" - which ranks higher?
"aminés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,470 in our French list, against #29,219 for "amenées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amenées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aminés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amenées" and "aminés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amendée vs amenées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #139,069 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