# Amish

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/ · frequency rank #20,284

## Definitions
1. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **ash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-ash)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-axis)
- **Amos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-amos)
- **amps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-amps)
- **amit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-amit)
- **avis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-avis)
- **aris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-aris)
- **arise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-arise)
- **amuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-amuse)
- **amiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-amiss)
- **amity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-amity)
- **awash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-awash)
- **anise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-anise)
- **AMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ami-vs-amish)
- **AIS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ais-vs-amish)
- **amid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amish)
- **Ames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ames-vs-amish)
- **amir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amir-vs-amish)
- **amin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amin-vs-amish)
- **Amis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amis-vs-amish)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aimsh`, `amihs`, `amishh`, `amissh`, `ammish`, `amsih`, `maish`

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