Amsterdam
[ˌamstɐˈdam]
The verdict
“Amsterdam” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,560
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt der Niederlande
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amsterdam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌamstɐˈdam] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amsterdam” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Amsterdam (IPA [ˌamstɐˈdam]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,560 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amsterdam, with forms such as "ammsterdam", "amsetrdam", and "amssterdam". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Amsterdamer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Amsterdam, spelled A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der Niederlande
- 2Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New York
- 3Gemeinde im US-Bundesstaat New York
- 4Ort im US-Bundesstaat Missouri
- 5Ort im US-Bundesstaat Ohio
- 6Ort in Kanada (Saskatchewan)
- 7Ort in Südafrika (Mpumalanga)
- 8Insel im Süden des Indischen Ozeans
- 9Insel bei Spitzbergen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammsterdam
- amsetrdam
- amssterdam
- amstedram
- amsteradm
- amsterdamm
- amsterddam
- amsterdma
- amsterrdam
- amstredam
- amstterdam
- amtserdam
- asmterdam
- masterdam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amsterdam - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Amsterdam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌamstɐˈdam] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Amsterdamer” - see the side-by-side comparison. Amsterdam vs Amsterdamer
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.