amenable
/əˈmiːnəbəl/
"amenable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amenable” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #33,117 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #33,117
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
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 | amenable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈmiːnəbəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amenable” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for amenable is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈmiːnəbəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #33,117 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for amenable, with forms such as "aemnable", "ameanble", and "amenabble". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "amiable", "amicable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”). The correct English form is amenable, spelled A-M-E-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
- 2Willing to comply; easily led.
- 3Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
- 4Liable to the legal authority of (something).
- 5Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aemnable,ameanble,amenabble,amenabel,amenablle,amenalbe,amenbale,amenible,amennable,ammenable,amneable,maenable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amenable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “amenable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-E-N-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈmiːnəbəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amiable” - see the side-by-side comparison. amenable vs amiable
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.