Amin

[aˈmiːn]

/[aˈmiːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Amin” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #36,783) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#36,783
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - organisches Derivat des Ammoniak mit Alkyl- oder Aryl-Rest

Corpus desk

Index DE-amin · Amin · German

Amin · rank #36,783 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,783
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Altlasten

Nearest frequency peer: Altlasten (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Amin“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Amin“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Amin vs an
25% similar
Amin vs Amt
50% similar
Amin vs Ann
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Amin
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈmiːn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,783
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Amin“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Aminliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Altlasten“ (#36,782), „among“ (#36,784), „alljährliche“ (#36,781). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Amin“ bei #36,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Amin is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "Amt", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [aˈmiːn]. Frequency #36,783 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "organisches Derivat des Ammoniak mit Alkyl- oder Aryl-Rest".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amin, with forms such as "aimn", "aminn", and "ammin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "Amt", "Ann", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Amin, spelled A-M-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    organisches Derivat des Ammoniak mit Alkyl- oder Aryl-Rest

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Auch das sekundäre Amin kann weiterreagieren usw., so dass schließlich ein Gemisch aus primärem, sekundärem und tertiärem Amin und quartärem Ammoniumsalz entsteht.“

This word in other languages

amine(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aimn
  • aminn
  • ammin
  • amni

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aimn2aminn1ammin1amni2
Edit distance from "Amin"

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 "Amin"?
"Amin" is spelled A-M-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈmiːn].
What does "Amin" mean?
As a noun, "Amin" means: organisches Derivat des Ammoniak mit Alkyl- oder Aryl-Rest
What words are commonly confused with "Amin"?
"Amin" is commonly confused with "an", "Amt", "Ann". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Amin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amin" is [aˈmiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Amin" come from?
"Amin" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ölen#36,759cord#36,862crow#36,863demi#36,873

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list