amant

\a.mɑ̃\

/\a.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“amant” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,779
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Celui qui a de l’amour pour une autre personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amant · amant · French

amant · rank #6,779 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,779
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alan

Nearest frequency peer: alan (-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 « amant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amant » 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).

amant vs amt
60% similar
amant vs amas
60% similar
amant vs amen
60% similar

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

Key facts for amant
PropertyValue
Headwordamant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,779
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amant »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alan » (#6,778), « Andy » (#6,780), « ajoutant » (#6,777). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amant » est au #6,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around amant (IPA \a.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,779 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for amant, with forms such as "aamnt", "amannt", and "amantt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "amt", "amas", "amen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is amant, spelled A-M-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ou Celui qui a de l’amour pour une autre personne.
  2. 2
    ou Celui qui aime quelque chose avec passion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les amants, au désespoir, oublièrent qu’ils ne pourraient jamais être époux, et un fils naquit, qui ne pouvait porter le nom ni de l’un ni de l’autre.
  2. Quand les jeunes filles de la Bretagne chantent, dit Dumay redevenu sombre, l’amant est bien près d’elles.

This word in other languages

lover(English)amante(Español)Liebhaber(Deutsch)amante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamnt
  • amannt
  • amantt
  • amatn
  • ammant
  • amnat
  • maant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aamnt2amannt1amantt1amatn2ammant1amnat2maant2
Edit distance from "amant"

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 "amant"?
"amant" is spelled A-M-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɑ̃\.
What does "amant" mean?
As a noun, "amant" means: ou Celui qui a de l’amour pour une autre personne.
What words are commonly confused with "amant"?
"amant" is commonly confused with "amt", "amas", "amen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amant" is \a.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amant" come from?
"amant" 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 "amant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bague#6,785tweet#6,765rural#6,750démon#6,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

auriez7 variantsemmène7 variantsfixée7 variantsLibye7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list