Which to use
“amusent” and “amusez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,058
- “amusent” frequency rank
- #22,159
- “amusez” frequency rank
- 38217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amusent | amusez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser. |
Where the eye mixes amusent and amusez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. amusent runs 7 letters (VCVCVCC) against amusez's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: amusent vs amusez
A purely visual mix-up. amusent (\a.myz\) and amusez (\a.my.ze\) 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 38217, 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\. 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 38217, this pair ranks #256,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amusent vs amusez
Shared letters: aemsu. Private to "amusent": nt. Private to "amusez": z.
"amusent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "amusez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amusent" and "amusez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "amusent" or "amusez"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "amusent" and "amusez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "amusent" 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 #256,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amusent" and "amusez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusée vs amusez". 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 #256,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.