amenésvsamenezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#11,341
“amenés” frequency rank
#33,111
“amenez” frequency rank
44452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amenés amenez
Definition Pluriel de amené. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amener.

Same sound, different letters: amenés vs amenez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. amenés and amenez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
amenés
6 ch
amenez

Ear matches; page differs - amenés and amenez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: amenés 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 44452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amenés is recorded at frequency rank #11,341, 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 44452, this pair ranks #210,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amenés vs amenez

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

"amenés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "amenez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amenés" and "amenez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amenés" is a noun and "amenez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "amenés" or "amenez"?
"amenés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,341 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

You've separated the homophone pair "amenés" / "amenez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amenés" 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 #210,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amenés" 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 #210,363 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