amour

[a.muːʁ]

/[a.muːʁ]/ noun

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The verdict

“amour” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,741. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,741
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - starkes Gefühl der Zuneigung; Liebe

Corpus desk

Index DE-amour · amour · German

amour · rank #26,741 · 6 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,741
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ammoniak

Nearest frequency peer: Ammoniak (-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 „amour“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „amour“ 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).

amour vs azur
60% similar
amour vs Ämter
40% similar
amour vs Artur
40% similar

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

Key facts for amour
PropertyValue
Headwordamour
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[a.muːʁ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,741
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „amour“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.amourliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ammoniak“ (#26,740), „anbauen“ (#26,742), „Altdorf“ (#26,739). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „amour“ bei #26,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around amour (IPA [a.muːʁ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,741 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "starkes Gefühl der Zuneigung; Liebe".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for amour, with forms such as "ammour", "amoru", and "amourr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "azur", "Ämter", "Artur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is amour, spelled A-M-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    starkes Gefühl der Zuneigung; Liebe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mon amour pour elle a duré 20 ans.
  2. « Les amours fougueuses, intemporelles, n’appartiennent qu’à l’âge tendre. »

This word in other languages

love(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammour
  • amoru
  • amourr
  • amuor
  • aomur
  • maour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ammour1amoru2amourr1amuor2aomur2maour2
Edit distance from "amour"

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 "amour"?
"amour" is spelled A-M-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [a.muːʁ].
What does "amour" mean?
As a noun, "amour" means: starkes Gefühl der Zuneigung; Liebe
What words are commonly confused with "amour"?
"amour" is commonly confused with "azur", "Ämter", "Artur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amour" is [a.muːʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amour" come from?
"amour" 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 "amour", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arrow#26,755zenit#26,708bloom#26,790Büste#26,801

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Tannen6 variantsRebell6 variantsIlona6 variantskcal6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list