amos

[ˈamos]

/[ˈamos]/ verb

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The verdict

“amos” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,908
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs ami

Corpus desk

Index DE-amos · amos · German

amos · rank #30,908 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,908
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alp

Nearest frequency peer: Alp (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „amos“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „amos“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

amos vs as
50% similar
amos vs AO
0% similar
amos vs aus
50% similar

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

Key facts for amos
PropertyValue
Headwordamos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈamos]
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,908
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „amos“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).amosliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Alp“ (#30,907), „analytischen“ (#30,909), „Aktionär“ (#30,906). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „amos“ bei #30,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around amos (IPA [ˈamos]), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,908 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs ami".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amos, with forms such as "ammos", "amoss", and "amso". 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, "as", "AO", "aus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is amos, spelled A-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs ami

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammos
  • amoss
  • amso
  • aoms
  • maos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ammos1amoss1amso2aoms2maos2
Edit distance from "amos"

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 "amos"?
"amos" is spelled A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈamos].
What does "amos" mean?
As a verb, "amos" means: Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs ami
What words are commonly confused with "amos"?
"amos" is commonly confused with "as", "AO", "aus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amos" is [ˈamos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amos" come from?
"amos" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Akne#30,905Wied#30,872bene#30,949blow#30,964

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

dolle5 variantstoro5 variantsSion5 variantsGaul5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list