amounts

/əˈmaʊnts/

//əˈmaʊnts// noun

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"amounts" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“amounts” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,540
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of amount

Corpus desk

Index EN-amounts · amounts · English

amounts · rank #3,540 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,540
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH whoever

Nearest frequency peer: whoever (-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 “amounts”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “amounts” 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).

amounts vs amount
86% similar
amounts vs accounts
75% similar
amounts vs amounted
75% similar

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

Key facts for amounts
PropertyValue
Headwordamounts
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈmaʊnts/
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,540
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “amounts”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).amountslands 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 “whoever” (#3,539), “Anthony” (#3,541), “walker” (#3,538). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “amounts” is #3,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around amounts (IPA /əˈmaʊnts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,540 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of amount".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for amounts, with forms such as "ammounts", "amonuts", and "amounnts". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "amount", "accounts", "amounted", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is amounts, spelled A-M-O-U-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of amount

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammounts
  • amonuts
  • amounnts
  • amounst
  • amountss
  • amountts
  • amoutns
  • amuonts
  • aomunts
  • maounts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amounts - 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.

ammounts1amonuts2amounnts1amounst2amountss1amountts1amoutns2amuonts2
Edit distance from "amounts"

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 "amounts"?
"amounts" is spelled A-M-O-U-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈmaʊnts/.
What does "amounts" mean?
As a noun, "amounts" means: plural of amount
What words are commonly confused with "amounts"?
"amounts" is commonly confused with "amount", "accounts", "amounted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amounts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amounts" is /əˈmaʊnts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amounts" come from?
"amounts" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anthony#3,541whoever#3,539colonel#3,547comfort#3,548

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

struck10 variantsnervous10 variantsMexican10 variantsreaders10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list