amande

\a.mɑ̃d\

/\a.mɑ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“amande” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,866
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit de l’amandier enfermé dans une coque de goût plus ou moins amer, de forme oblongue, recouverte d’une écale verte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amande · amande · French

amande · rank #17,866 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,866
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alléger

Nearest frequency peer: alléger (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « amande »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « amande » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

amande vs amène
67% similar
amande vs amant
67% similar
amande vs amine
67% similar

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

Key facts for amande
PropertyValue
Headwordamande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɑ̃d\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,866
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amande »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).amandese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alléger » (#17,865), « amérindiens » (#17,867), « alliées » (#17,864). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amande » est au #17,866. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amande (IPA \a.mɑ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,866 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amande, with forms such as "aamnde", "amadne", and "amandde". 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, "amène", "amant", "amine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 French form is amande, spelled A-M-A-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruit de l’amandier enfermé dans une coque de goût plus ou moins amer, de forme oblongue, recouverte d’une écale verte.
  2. 2
    Noyau de certains fruits comme les drupes.
  3. 3
    Toute graine contenue dans un noyau.
  4. 4
    Tout ce qui rappelle le fruit de l’amandier par nature ou par sa forme ou par sa couleur.
  5. 5
    Tout ce qui rappelle le fruit de l’amandier par nature ou par sa forme ou par sa couleur.
  6. 6
    Coquillage bivalve comestible, du genre Glycymeris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how amande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Comme la noix, le fruit de l’amandier est une drupe dont on ne mange pas la partie charnue mais la graine du noyau. L’amande est oblongue, un peu aplatie, enflée à la base, pointue au sommet et longue de 3 à 4 centimètres.
  2. La coque d’une amande.

This word in other languages

almond(English)almendra(Español)Mandel(Deutsch)amêndoa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamnde
  • amadne
  • amandde
  • amaned
  • amannde
  • ammande
  • amnade
  • maande

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aamnde2amadne2amandde1amaned2amannde1ammande1amnade2maande2
Edit distance from "amande"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amande"?
"amande" is spelled A-M-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɑ̃d\.
What does "amande" mean?
As a noun, "amande" means: Fruit de l’amandier enfermé dans une coque de goût plus ou moins amer, de forme oblongue, recouverte d’une écale verte.
What words are commonly confused with "amande"?
"amande" is commonly confused with "amène", "amant", "amine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amande" is \a.mɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amande" come from?
"amande" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

alliées8 variantsarroser8 variantsyards8 variantsbouffon8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list