Which to use
“amusée” and “amusez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,256
- “amusée” frequency rank
- #22,159
- “amusez” frequency rank
- 48415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amusée | amusez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe amuser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser. |
Same sound, different letters: amusée vs amusez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. amusée (VCVCVV) and amusez (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - amusée and amusez
This is the hard kind. amusée and amusez 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 48415, 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\. amusez is at rank #22,159, 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 48415, this pair ranks #179,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amusée vs amusez
Shared letters: aemsu. Private to "amusée": é. Private to "amusez": z.
"amusée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "amusez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- amusez ← ammusez · amsuez · amuesz · amusezz · amussez · amusze · aumsez · mausez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"amusée" and "amusez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "amusée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amusez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amusée" and "amusez" 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 #179,136 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.