Amiens
[aˈmjɛ̃]
The verdict
“Amiens” is uncommon German (frequency #66,960 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,960
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amiens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aˈmjɛ̃] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amiens” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Amiens is uncommon German at frequency #66,960 among 113,935 “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
- 1Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie
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.
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Using “Amiens”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-M-I-E-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈmjɛ̃] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.