Which to use
“amigo” and “amigos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,806
- “amigo” frequency rank
- #38,643
- “amigos” frequency rank
- 74449
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amigo | amigos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ami, camarade. | Pluriel de amigo. |
Same sound, different letters: amigo vs amigos
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. amigo runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against amigos's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: amigo vs amigos
This is the hard kind. amigo and amigos are pronounced identically (\a.mi.ɡo\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “amigo” sits inside “amigos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amigo is recorded at frequency rank #35,806, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mi.ɡo\. amigos is at rank #38,643, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.mi.ɡo\.
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 74449, this pair ranks #37,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of amigo vs amigos
Shared letters: agimo. Private to "amigo": -. Private to "amigos": s.
"amigo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "amigos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amigo" and "amigos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "amigo" or "amigos"?
What to do next
"amigo" and "amigos" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "amigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amigos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amigo" and "amigos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ambigus vs amigos". 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 #37,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.