amends
/əˈmɛndz/noun, verb
amends is spelled A-M-E-N-D-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amends means “Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in amends?
| Letters | 6: A-M-E-N-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amends?
Amends appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce amends?
- US /əˈmɛndz/
Amends has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-amends.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with amends?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amends from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: desman.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does amends mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.
Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.
- 2
plural of amend
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of amend
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amends in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense compensation for a loss or injury:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Wiedergutmachung, Schadensersatz, Schadensausgleich, Entschädigung |
| Portuguese | compensação, reparos |
| Spanish | compensación, reparación, desagravio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does amends come from?
From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).