aminavsaminésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: amina is a noun, aminés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#32,673
“amina” frequency rank
#24,470
“aminés” frequency rank
57143
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amina aminés
Definition Amine. Masculin pluriel de aminé.

Where the eye mixes amina and aminés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
amina
6 ch
aminés

Look-alike desk: amina vs aminés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: amina is \aˈmi.na\ while aminés is \a.mi.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amina is recorded at frequency rank #32,673, classified as anoun, pronounced \aˈmi.na\. 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 57143, this pair ranks #116,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amina vs aminés

Shared letters: aimn. Private to "amina": -. Private to "aminés": .

"amina" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "aminés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aminaaimna · amian · aminna · ammina · amnia · maina

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "amina" and "aminés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amina" is a noun and "aminés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "amina" or "aminés" show up more?
"aminés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,470 in our French list, against #32,673 for "amina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amina" 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 #116,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amina" and "aminés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ains vs amina". 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 #116,789 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