Amsterdam
/ˌæmstəˈdæm/
"amsterdam" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Amsterdam” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,758. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,758
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amsterdam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌæmstəˈdæm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amsterdam” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Amsterdam (IPA /ˌæmstəˈdæm/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,758 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amsterdam, with forms such as "ammsterdam", "amsetrdam", and "amssterdam". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam. The correct English form is Amsterdam, spelled A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.
- 2A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 3A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 4A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 5A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 6A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 7A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 8A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 9A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 10A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 11A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 12A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- 13A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Buchanan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 14A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammsterdam
- amsetrdam
- amssterdam
- amstedram
- amsteradm
- amsterdamm
- amsterddam
- amsterdma
- amsterrdam
- amstredam
- amstterdam
- amtserdam
- asmterdam
- masterdam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amsterdam - 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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Using “Amsterdam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæmstəˈdæm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.