aman
\a.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“aman” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #39,146) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #39,146
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grâce en droit musulman par laquelle un ennemi vaincu obtient la vie sauve ou une amnistie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aman · aman · French
aman · rank #39,146 · 2 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,146
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 2 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Alyssa
Nearest frequency peer: Alyssa (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « aman »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- ALENA
ALENA
60,858 corpus weight
- Alyssa
Alyssa
60,856 corpus weight
- aman
aman
60,855 corpus weight
- amarrage
amarrage
60,854 corpus weight
- amers
amers
60,853 corpus weight
- amm
amm
60,852 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « aman » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
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 | aman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « aman »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for aman is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "ami", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \a.mɑ̃\. Frequency #39,146 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for aman, including "aamn" and "amann". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "ami", "âme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aman, spelled A-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Grâce en droit musulman par laquelle un ennemi vaincu obtient la vie sauve ou une amnistie.
- 2Grâce, pardon, absolution.
- 3Sauf-conduit accordé à un diplomate ou à un marchand qui veut traverser les territoires musulmans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El Krim avait-il demandé l’aman, lors de la pacification des cercles Zaërs et Zemmours ?
Quand il [Jean-Martin Charcot] pensait que quelqu’un lui avait manqué ou s’était permis de contester une de ses doctrines médicales, touchant le système nerveux, la grande hystérie, l’aphasie, le foie ou le rein, alors il devenait féroce et mesquin, il mettait tout en œuvre pour briser la carrière de l’imprudent, il n’avait de cesse qu’il ne l’eût réduit…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aamn
- amann
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aman - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).