amanite
\a.ma.nit\
The verdict
“amanite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Champignon à lamelles, à spores blanches et possédant une volve.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amanite · amanite · French
amanite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amanite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ma.nit\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amanite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amanite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ma.nit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Champignon à lamelles, à spores blanches et possédant une volve.".
Zero misspellings are on record for amanite in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amanite, spelled A-M-A-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Champignon à lamelles, à spores blanches et possédant une volve.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amanite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa curiosité insatiable finissait même par le conduire à préférer les nuisibles, amanites redoutables et volvaires perfides, aux inoffensifs, aux domestiques, aux cèpes bordelaises, aux champignons de couche et de bouche.
Elle consistait à boire l’urine de ceux qui les premiers avaient consommé cette plante. L’ingrédient actif de l’amanite, la muscimole, est en effet le seul hallucinogène naturel qui, une fois excrété par l’organisme, en ressort inchangé.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.