amersvsapensWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: amers is a adjective, apens is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“amers” is an adjective and “apens” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,148
“amers” frequency rank
#32,678
“apens” frequency rank
71826
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amers apens
Definition Masculin pluriel de amer. Pensée, attention, réflexion.

Letter map: amers vs apens

Shared letters muted; letters that set amers and apens apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. amers and apens follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
amers
5 ch
apens

Part-of-speech tell for amers / apens

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amers is anadjective and apensanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amers is recorded at frequency rank #39,148, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.mɛʁ\. apens is at rank #32,678, tagged as anoun.

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 71826, this pair ranks #46,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amers vs apens

Shared letters: aes. Private to "amers": mr. Private to "apens": np.

"amers" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "apens" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amers ← aemrs · amerrs · amerss · amesr · ammers
  • apens ← aepns · apenns · apenss · apesn · apnes · appens · paens

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amers" and "apens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amers" is an adjective and "apens" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "amers" or "apens" show up more?
"apens" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,678 in our French list, against #39,148 for "amers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "amers" and "apens".

  • Full dictionary entry for "amers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amers" and "apens" 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 #46,148 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