amèresvsavérésTell them apart

Which to use

“amères” and “avérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,151
“amères” frequency rank
#23,110
“avérés” frequency rank
62261
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amères avérés
Definition Féminin pluriel de amer. Masculin pluriel de avéré.

Where the eye mixes amères and avérés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. amères and avérés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
amères
6 ch
avérés

Look-alike desk: amères vs avérés

A purely visual mix-up. amères (\a.mɛʁ\) and avérés (\a.ve.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62261, 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\. avérés is at rank #23,110, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\.

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 62261, this pair ranks #88,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amères vs avérés

Shared letters: ars. Private to "amères": emè. Private to "avérés": vé.

"amères" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "avérés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amères" for "avérés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.mɛʁ\ versus \a.ve.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "amères" or "avérés"?
"avérés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,110 in our French list, against #39,151 for "amères". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "amères" and "avérés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amères" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amères" and "avérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alertés vs amères". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #88,020 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