Amish
/ˈɑː.mɪʃ/
"amish" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Amish” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #20,284 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,284
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
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 | Amish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amish” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Amish is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,284 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amish, with forms such as "aimsh", "amihs", and "amishh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ash", "axis", "Amos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of Old High German ambahtman. The correct English form is Amish, spelled A-M-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
Etymology
From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of Old High German ambahtman.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aimsh,amihs,amishh,amissh,ammish,amsih,maish
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amish - 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.
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Using “Amish”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ash” - see the side-by-side comparison. Amish vs ash
- 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.