Which to use
“amusent” and “amuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,058
- “amusent” frequency rank
- #30,052
- “amuses” frequency rank
- 46110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amusent | amuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser. |
Same sound, different letters: amusent vs amuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. amusent runs 7 letters (VCVCVCC) against amuses's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - amusent / amuses
This is the hard kind. amusent and amuses are pronounced identically (\a.myz\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amusent is recorded at frequency rank #16,058, classified as averb, pronounced \a.myz\. amuses is at rank #30,052, 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 46110, this pair ranks #197,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amusent vs amuses
Shared letters: aemsu. Private to "amusent": nt. Private to "amuses": -.
"amusent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "amuses" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amusent" for "amuses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "amusent" or "amuses"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "amusent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amusent" and "amuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusée vs amuses". 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 #197,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.