Which to use
“amusée” and “amusent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,256
- “amusée” frequency rank
- #16,058
- “amusent” frequency rank
- 42314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amusée | amusent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe amuser. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser. |
Where the eye mixes amusée and amusent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. amusée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against amusent's 7 (VCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses amusée with amusent
A purely visual mix-up. amusée (\a.my.ze\) and amusent (\a.myz\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amusée is recorded at frequency rank #26,256, classified as averb, pronounced \a.my.ze\. amusent is at rank #16,058, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.myz\.
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 42314, this pair ranks #226,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amusée vs amusent
Shared letters: aemsu. Private to "amusée": é. Private to "amusent": nt.
"amusée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "amusent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amusent ← ammusent · amsuent · amuesnt · amusennt · amusentt · amusetn · amusnet · amussent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amusée" for "amusent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "amusée" or "amusent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "amusée" and "amusent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "amusée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amusent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amusée" and "amusent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusée vs amusée". 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 #226,550 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.