Which to use
“amère” is an adjective and “armure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,544
- “amère” frequency rank
- #10,632
- “armure” frequency rank
- 27176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amère | armure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de amer. | Ensemble de l’équipement défensif qui protège le corps ou les membres, comme la cuirasse, le casque, etc. |
Where the eye mixes amère and armure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. amère runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against armure's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: amère vs armure
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: amère is \a.mɛʁ\ while armure is \aʁ.myʁ\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27176, 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\. armure is at rank #10,632, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.myʁ\.
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 27176, this pair ranks #330,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amère vs armure
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "amère": è. Private to "armure": u.
"amère" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "armure" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- armure ← amrure · armmure · armrue · armuer · armurre · arrmure · arumre · ramure
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amère" for "armure" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "amère" or "armure" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "amère" and "armure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "amère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amère" and "armure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amère vs avéra". 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 #330,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.