Which to use
“amères” and “amers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,151
- “amères” frequency rank
- #39,148
- “amers” frequency rank
- 78299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amères | amers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de amer. | Masculin pluriel de amer. |
Same sound, different letters: amères vs amers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. amères runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against amers's 5 (VCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - amères and amers
This is the hard kind. amères and amers 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amères is recorded at frequency rank #39,151, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.mɛʁ\. amers is at rank #39,148, 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 78299, this pair ranks #26,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of amères vs amers
Shared letters: aemrs. Private to "amères": è. Private to "amers": -.
"amères" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "amers" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amers ← aemrs · amerrs · amerss · amesr · ammers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amères" and "amers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "amères" vs "amers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "amères" / "amers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "amères" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amères" and "amers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amers 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 #26,139 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.