amsterdam
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "amsterdam", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "amsterdam" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "amsterdam" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
The verdict
“Amsterdam” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,758 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #6,758
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.
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|---|---|
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Amsterdam is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæmstəˈdæm/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,758 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amsterdam, with forms such as "ammsterdam", "amsetrdam", and "amssterdam". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Amsterdam, spelled A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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:
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- 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.
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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.
Edit distance from "Amsterdam"
Frequency rank: #6,758 in English
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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.
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Nearby English words
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