Which to use
“amère” and “amères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,544
- “amère” frequency rank
- #39,151
- “amères” frequency rank
- 55695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amère | amères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de amer. | Féminin pluriel de amer. |
Same sound, different letters: amère vs amères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. amère runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against amères's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - amère / amères
This is the hard kind. amère and amères are pronounced identically (\a.mɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “amère” sits inside “amères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amère is recorded at frequency rank #16,544, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.mɛʁ\. amères is at rank #39,151, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.mɛʁ\.
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 55695, this pair ranks #125,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amère vs amères
Shared letters: aemrè. Private to "amère": -. Private to "amères": s.
"amère" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "amères" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amère" for "amères" ever safe?
Frequency check: "amère" vs "amères" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "amère" / "amères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "amère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amère" and "amères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alertés vs amères". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #125,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.