aminésvsamitiésConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,470
“aminés” frequency rank
#12,712
“amitiés” frequency rank
37182
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aminés amitiés
Definition Masculin pluriel de aminé. Pluriel de amitié.

Where the eye mixes aminés and amitiés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. aminés runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against amitiés's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aminés
7 ch
amitiés

Visual trap between aminés and amitiés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aminés is \a.mi.ne\ while amitiés is \a.mi.tje\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37182, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aminés is recorded at frequency rank #24,470, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.mi.ne\. amitiés is at rank #12,712, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.mi.tje\.

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 37182, this pair ranks #264,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aminés vs amitiés

Shared letters: aimsé. Private to "aminés": n. Private to "amitiés": t.

"aminés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "amitiés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aminés" for "amitiés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aminés" is an adjective and "amitiés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "aminés" or "amitiés" show up more?
"amitiés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,712 in our French list, against #24,470 for "aminés". 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 "aminés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amitiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aminés" and "amitiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ains vs aminés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #264,288 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