amongvsAumontTell them apart

Quick tell: among is a preposition, Aumont is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“among” is a preposition and “Aumont” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,150
“among” frequency rank
#38,658
“Aumont” frequency rank
80808
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature among Aumont
Definition Entre, parmi, au milieu de. Nom de famille français.

Where the eye mixes among and Aumont

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. among runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against Aumont's 6 (VVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
among
6 ch
Aumont

Visual trap between among and Aumont

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: among is \ə.mʌŋ\ while Aumont is \o.mɔ̃\. 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 (preposition vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

among is recorded at frequency rank #42,150, classified as aprep, pronounced \ə.mʌŋ\. Aumont is at rank #38,658, tagged as aname, pronounced \o.mɔ̃\.

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 80808, this pair ranks #20,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of among vs Aumont

Shared letters: amno. Private to "among": g. Private to "Aumont": tu.

"among" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "Aumont" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • among ← ammong · amnog · amogn · amongg · amonng · aomng · maong
  • Aumont ← amuont · aummont · aumnot · aumonnt · aumontt · aumotn · auomnt · uamont

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "among" and "Aumont" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "among" is a preposition and "Aumont" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "among" or "Aumont"?
"Aumont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,658 in our French list, against #42,150 for "among". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "among" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Aumont" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "among" and "Aumont" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "almost vs Aumont". 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 #20,100 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