amnesty
/ˈæm.nɪ.sti/
"amnesty" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amnesty” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,361
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amnesty · amnesty · English
amnesty · rank #12,361 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,361
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH allergies
Nearest frequency peer: allergies (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “amnesty”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- aggressively
aggressively
87,643 corpus weight
- align
align
87,642 corpus weight
- allergies
allergies
87,641 corpus weight
- amnesty
amnesty
87,640 corpus weight
- Angus
Angus
87,639 corpus weight
- Anita
Anita
87,638 corpus weight
What this shows “amnesty” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | amnesty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “amnesty”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around amnesty (IPA /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,361 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for amnesty, with forms such as "amensty", "ammnesty", and "amnessty". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "amnesia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía). The correct English form is amnesty, spelled A-M-N-E-S-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
- 2An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amnesty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Argentina has seen few legal issues as contentiously debated as these two laws of amnesty during the last two decades. […] Pursuant to the Convention on Forced Disappearance, amnesties may not contemplate a statutory limitation period less than that corresponding to the gravest crime punishable by domestic laws, provided there is a pre-existing domestic n…
Russian lawmakers backed a sweeping amnesty law Wednesday that could see jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk protest band released early and arrested Greenpeace activists avoiding prison, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amensty
- ammnesty
- amnessty
- amnestty
- amnestyy
- amnesyt
- amnetsy
- amnnesty
- amnsety
- anmesty
- manesty
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amnesty - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amnesty", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).