# amen

> English word · Interjection · IPA /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/ · frequency rank #7,880

## Definitions
1. At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
2. Used to indicate emphatic agreement.

## 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!”).

## Easily confused with
- **an** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-an)
- **are** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-are)
- **Ann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-ann)
- **ate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-ate)
- **Amy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-amy)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-ave)
- **aye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-aye)
- **amp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-amp)
- **awe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-awe)
- **axe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-axe)
- **ape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-ape)
- **AMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-ami)
- **Ayn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-ayn)
- **AMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-amr)
- **amt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-amt)
- **AML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-aml)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-arn)
- **area** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-area)
- **amid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-amid)
- **apex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-apex)

## Common misspellings (4)
`aemn`, `amenn`, `ammen`, `amne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/amen