amén
[aˈmẽn]
The verdict
“amén” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,260
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Úsase para manifestar deseo de que algo suceda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-amen · amén · Spanish
amén · rank #10,260 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,260
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH amorosa
Nearest frequency peer: amorosa (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “amén”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- ajustar
ajustar
89,744 corpus weight
- alterar
alterar
89,743 corpus weight
- amorosa
amorosa
89,742 corpus weight
- amén
amén
89,741 corpus weight
- animados
animados
89,740 corpus weight
- aplauso
aplauso
89,738 corpus weight
What this shows “amén” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | amén |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [aˈmẽn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “amén”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around amén (IPA [aˈmẽn]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #10,260 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amén, with forms such as "ammén", "amné", and "aménn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "aún", "amo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is amén, spelled A-M-É-N.
Definition
- 1Úsase para manifestar deseo de que algo suceda.
- 2Úsase para manifestar aprobación o conformidad con lo dicho por otro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amén appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas Tú nos libra de mal, amén.
Esto dirá Simón, y yo en la misa de mañana diré lo mismo a Dios y a la Virgen para que se enteren de lo que aquí está pasando... Isabel, ponte en guardia, que si tus amenes llegan al Cielo, los míos también.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammén
- amné
- aménn
- aémn
- maén
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amén - 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.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amén", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).