Which to use
“amigos” is a noun and “aminés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,643
- “amigos” frequency rank
- #24,470
- “aminés” frequency rank
- 63113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amigos | aminés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de amigo. | Masculin pluriel de aminé. |
Where the eye mixes amigos and aminés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between amigos and aminés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: amigos is \a.mi.ɡo\ while aminés is \a.mi.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amigos is recorded at frequency rank #38,643, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mi.ɡo\. aminés is at rank #24,470, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.mi.ne\.
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 63113, this pair ranks #83,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of amigos vs aminés
Shared letters: aims. Private to "amigos": go. Private to "aminés": né.
"amigos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "aminés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amigos ← aimgos · amgios · amiggos · amigoss · amigso · amiogs · ammigos · maigos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amigos" and "aminés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "amigos" or "aminés" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "amigos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aminés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amigos" and "aminés" 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 #83,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.