amount

/əˈmaʊnt/

//əˈmaʊnt// noun

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"amount" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“amount” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#760
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

Corpus desk

Index EN-amount · amount · English

amount · rank #760 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #760
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH whatever

Nearest frequency peer: whatever (-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 “amount”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “amount” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

amount vs aunt
67% similar
amount vs amour
67% similar
amount vs around
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for amount
PropertyValue
Headwordamount
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈmaʊnt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#760
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “amount”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).amountlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “whatever” (#759), “blue” (#761), “tax” (#758). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “amount” is #760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amount (IPA /əˈmaʊnt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #760 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amount, with forms such as "ammount", "amonut", and "amounnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "aunt", "amour", "around", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *món-tis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amo… The correct English form is amount, spelled A-M-O-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
  2. 2
    A quantity or volume.
  3. 3
    The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how amount appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
  2. Pour a small amount of water into the dish.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *món-tis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amount From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).

This word in other languages

cantidad(Español)montant(Français)Anzahl(Deutsch)quantidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammount
  • amonut
  • amounnt
  • amountt
  • amoutn
  • amuont
  • aomunt
  • maount

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amount - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ammount1amonut2amounnt1amountt1amoutn2amuont2aomunt2maount2
Edit distance from "amount"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amount"?
"amount" is spelled A-M-O-U-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈmaʊnt/.
What does "amount" mean?
As a noun, "amount" means: The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
What words are commonly confused with "amount"?
"amount" is commonly confused with "aunt", "amour", "around". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amount"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amount" is /əˈmaʊnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "amount"?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *món-tis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten E... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amount", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list