Which to use
“amusée” and “amuser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,256
- “amusée” frequency rank
- #4,824
- “amuser” frequency rank
- 31080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amusée | amuser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe amuser. | Divertir par des choses agréables. |
Same sound, different letters: amusée vs amuser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - amusée and amuser
This is the hard kind. amusée and amuser are pronounced identically (\a.my.ze\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31080, 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\. amuser is at rank #4,824, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.my.ze\.
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 31080, this pair ranks #306,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amusée vs amuser
Shared letters: aemsu. Private to "amusée": é. Private to "amuser": r.
"amusée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "amuser" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amuser ← ammuser · amsuer · amuesr · amuserr · amusre · amusser · aumser · mauser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amusée" for "amuser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "amusée" vs "amuser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "amusée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amuser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amusée" and "amuser" 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 #306,121 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.