amersvsavérésWhich spelling fits?

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

#39,148
“amers” frequency rank
#23,110
“avérés” frequency rank
62258
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amers avérés
Definition Masculin pluriel de amer. Masculin pluriel de avéré.

Where the eye mixes amers and avérés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. amers runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against avérés's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
amers
6 ch
avérés

Look-alike desk: amers vs avérés

A purely visual mix-up. amers (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62258, 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\. 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 62258, this pair ranks #88,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amers vs avérés

Shared letters: ars. Private to "amers": em. Private to "avérés": vé.

"amers" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "avérés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amers ← aemrs · amerrs · amerss · amesr · ammers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amers" and "avérés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "amers" vs "avérés" - which ranks higher?
"avérés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,110 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amers" 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 #88,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amers" and "avérés" 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 #88,038 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