Which to use
“amour” and “aur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #408
- “amour” frequency rank
- #49,504
- “aur” frequency rank
- 49912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amour | aur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sentiment intense et agréable qui incite les êtres à s’unir. | Or. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 79 et de symbole Au qui fait partie des métaux de transition. |
Where the eye mixes amour and aur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. amour runs 5 letters (VCVVC) against aur's 3 (VVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between amour and aur
A purely visual mix-up. amour (\a.muʁ\) and aur (\ˈawɾ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amour is recorded at frequency rank #408, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.muʁ\. aur is at rank #49,504, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈawɾ\.
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 49912, this pair ranks #166,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amour vs aur
Shared letters: aru. Private to "amour": mo. Private to "aur": -.
"amour" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "aur" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amour ← ammour · amoru · amourr · amuor · aomur · maour
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amour" for "aur" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "amour" or "aur" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "amour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amour" and "aur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ahn vs aur". 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 #166,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.