Amiens

[aˈmjɛ̃]

/[aˈmjɛ̃]/ name

The verdict

“Amiens” is uncommon German (frequency #66,960 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,960
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie

Corpus desk

Index DE-amiens · Amiens · German

Amiens · rank #66,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,960
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Altären

Nearest frequency peer: Altären (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Amiens“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Amiens“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Amiens
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmiens
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[aˈmjɛ̃]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Amiens“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Amiensfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Altären“ (#66,959), „Amtsarzt“ (#66,961), „Althochdeutschen“ (#66,958). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Amiens“ bei #66,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Amiens is uncommon German at frequency #66,960 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aˈmjɛ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Amiens, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Amiens, spelled A-M-I-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Amiens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wir hingen sozusagen in der Luft. Eines Tages erhielt ich den Befehl, mich nach dem vier bis fünf Meilen entfernten Amiens zu begeben, festzustellen, ob die Stadt frei vom Feinde sei und mich über die sanitären Anstalten zu vergewissern, vor allem darüber, ob noch deutsche Verwundete dort seien.“

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Amiens"?
"Amiens" is spelled A-M-I-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈmjɛ̃].
What does "Amiens" mean?
As a proper noun, "Amiens" means: Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie
How do you pronounce "Amiens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amiens" is [aˈmjɛ̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Amiens" come from?
"Amiens" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Amiens", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list