amongvsamoreWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: among is a preposition, amore is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“among” is a preposition and “amore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,784
“among” frequency rank
#30,433
“amore” frequency rank
67217
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature among amore
Definition inmitten von; umgeben von die Liebe

Letter map: among vs amore

Shared letters muted; letters that set among and amore apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
among
5 ch
amore

Part-of-speech tell for among / amore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: among is apreposition and amoreanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

among is recorded at frequency rank #36,784, classified as aprep, pronounced [əˈmʌŋ]. amore is at rank #30,433, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 67217, this pair ranks #547,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of among vs amore

Shared letters: amo. Private to "among": gn. Private to "amore": er.

"among" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "amore" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amongammong · amnog · amogn · amongg · amonng · aomng · maong
  • amoreammore · amoer · amorre · amroe · aomre · maore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "among" for "amore" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "among" is a preposition and "amore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "among" vs "amore" - which ranks higher?
"amore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,433 in our German list, against #36,784 for "among". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "among" vs "amore" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "among" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #547,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "among" and "amore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amore vs puzzles". 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 #547,439 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list