Which to use
“amours” and “atours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,271
- “amours” frequency rank
- #43,281
- “atours” frequency rank
- 50552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amours | atours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel d’amour. | Pluriel de atour. |
Where the eye mixes amours and atours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. amours and atours follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: amours vs atours
A purely visual mix-up. amours (\a.muʁ\) and atours (\a.tuʁ\) 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 a single letter - m in “amours” becomes t in “atours”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amours is recorded at frequency rank #7,271, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.muʁ\. atours is at rank #43,281, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.tuʁ\.
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 50552, this pair ranks #161,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amours vs atours
Shared letters: aorsu. Private to "amours": m. Private to "atours": t.
"amours" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC · "atours" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amours" and "atours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "amours" vs "atours" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "amours" and "atours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "amours" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amours" and "atours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atos vs atours". 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 #161,745 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.