amen
/(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
"amen" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amen” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,880) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #7,880
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amen · amen · English
amen · rank #7,880 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,880
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH alot
Nearest frequency peer: alot (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “amen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- acre
acre
92,124 corpus weight
- airports
airports
92,123 corpus weight
- alot
alot
92,122 corpus weight
- amen
amen
92,121 corpus weight
- Andrews
Andrews
92,120 corpus weight
- arise
arise
92,119 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “amen” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | amen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amen” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for amen is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "are", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/. Frequency #7,880 among 3,931 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for amen, with forms such as "aemn", "amenn", and "ammen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "are", "Ann", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אָמֵןbor. Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin āmēnder. Old English āmen Middle English amen English amen Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Gre… The correct English form is amen, spelled A-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
- 2Used to indicate emphatic agreement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euerſhall be: worlde without ende. Amen.
Alſo I ſhooke my lap, and ſaid, So God ſhake out euery man from his houſe, and from his labour, that performeth not this promiſe, euen thus be he ſhaken out, and emptied. And all the Congregation ſaid, Amen, and praiſed the Lord. And the people did according to this promiſe.
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אָמֵןbor. Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin āmēnder. Old English āmen Middle English amen English amen Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aemn
- amenn
- ammen
- amne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.