Which to use
“amie” and “amis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,762
- “amie” frequency rank
- #444
- “amis” frequency rank
- 2206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amie | amis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme avec qui on est lié d’amitié. | Pluriel de ami. |
Same sound, different letters: amie vs amis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - amie and amis
This is the hard kind. amie and amis are pronounced identically (\a.mi\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “amie” becomes s in “amis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amie is recorded at frequency rank #1,762, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mi\. amis is at rank #444, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.mi\.
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 2206, this pair ranks #436,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of amie vs amis
Shared letters: aim. Private to "amie": e. Private to "amis": s.
"amie" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "amis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amie" and "amis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "amie" or "amis"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "amie" / "amis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "amie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amie" and "amis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amie vs Aure". 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 #436,581 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.