Which to use
“amitié” and “amitiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,307
- “amitié” frequency rank
- #12,712
- “amitiés” frequency rank
- 15019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amitié | amitiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sentiment réciproque qui engage deux personnes l’une envers l’autre. | Pluriel de amitié. |
Same sound, different letters: amitié vs amitiés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. amitié runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against amitiés's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - amitié and amitiés
This is the hard kind. amitié and amitiés are pronounced identically (\a.mi.tje\) 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) - “amitié” sits inside “amitiés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amitié is recorded at frequency rank #2,307, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.mi.tje\. 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 15019, this pair ranks #394,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of amitié vs amitiés
Shared letters: aimté. Private to "amitié": -. Private to "amitiés": s.
"amitié" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "amitiés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "amitié" / "amitiés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "amitié" 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 #394,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amitié" and "amitiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs amitiés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #394,206 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.