amicus
The verdict
“amicus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - befreundet, freundlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-amicus · amicus · German
amicus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amicus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „amicus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
amicus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "befreundet, freundlich".
Zero misspellings are on record for amicus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is amicus, spelled A-M-I-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1befreundet, freundlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amicus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„verum irae si quae forte eveniunt huiusmodi / inter eos, rusum si reventum in gratiam est, / bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius.“ (Plaut. Amph. 941–943)
„omnes parentes, Libane, liberis suis, / qui mi auscultabunt, facient †obsequellam† / quipp’ qui mage amico utantur gnato et benevolo.“ (Plaut. As. 64–67)
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.