Which to use
“Amérique” and “Amériques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,219
- “Amérique” frequency rank
- #17,064
- “Amériques” frequency rank
- 18283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Amérique | Amériques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Continent séparant l’océan Atlantique de l’océan Pacifique. | Pluriel de Amérique. |
Same sound, different letters: Amérique vs Amériques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. Amérique runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against Amériques's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - Amérique and Amériques
This is the hard kind. Amérique and Amériques are pronounced identically (\a.me.ʁik\) and both work as aname. 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) - “Amérique” sits inside “Amériques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Amérique is recorded at frequency rank #1,219, classified as aname, pronounced \a.me.ʁik\. Amériques is at rank #17,064, tagged as aname, pronounced \a.me.ʁik\.
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 18283, this pair ranks #379,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Amérique vs Amériques
Shared letters: aeimqrué. Private to "Amérique": -. Private to "Amériques": s.
"Amérique" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "Amériques" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Amérique" and "Amériques" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "Amérique" or "Amériques" show up more?
What to do next
"Amérique" and "Amériques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "Amérique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Amériques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Amérique" and "Amériques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Amérique vs amnésique". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #379,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.