# amenity

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈmiːnəti/ · frequency rank #39,185

## Definitions
1. Pleasantness.
2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
3. Convenience.
4. A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English amenite, amenyte, partly from Middle French amenité and partly from its etymon, Latin amoenitās (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin.

## Easily confused with
- **amity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amenity-vs-amity)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aemnity`, `ameinty`, `amenitty`, `amenityy`, `ameniyt`, `amennity`, `amentiy`, `ammenity`, `amneity`, `maenity`

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