amèrevsandreWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: amère is a adjective, andre is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“amère” is an adjective and “andre” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,544
“amère” frequency rank
#18,393
“andre” frequency rank
34937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amère andre
Definition Féminin singulier de amer. Femme, épouse.

Letter map: amère vs andre

Shared letters muted; letters that set amère and andre apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
amère
5 ch
andre

Role in the sentence - amère and andre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amère is anadjective and andreaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34937, 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\. andre is at rank #18,393, tagged as aname.

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 34937, this pair ranks #280,331 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amère vs andre

Shared letters: aer. Private to "amère": . Private to "andre": dn.

"amère" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "andre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • andreadnre · anddre · ander · andrre · anndre · anrde · nadre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "amère" and "andre" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amère" is an adjective and "andre" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "amère" or "andre"?
"amère" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,544 in our French list, against #18,393 for "andre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "amère" and "andre".

  • Full dictionary entry for "amère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "andre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #280,331 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amère" and "andre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "andre vs Aure". 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 #280,331 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