amants

\a.mɑ̃\

/\a.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“amants” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,167
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de amant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amants · amants · French

amants · rank #11,167 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,167
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alphonse

Nearest frequency peer: alphonse (-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 « amants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amants » 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).

amants vs amas
67% similar
amants vs avant
67% similar
amants vs ayant
67% similar

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

Key facts for amants
PropertyValue
Headwordamants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,167
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amants »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alphonse » (#11,166), « anatomie » (#11,168), « anglaises » (#11,169). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amants » est au #11,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around amants (IPA \a.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,167 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de amant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for amants, with forms such as "aamnts", "amannts", and "amanst". 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, "amas", "avant", "ayant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is amants, spelled A-M-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de amant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Depuis lors, délivrée, désamorcée, déchaînée, désamoralisée à tout jamais, elle vivait offerte en permanence, les yeux fermés, les cuisses ouvertes, au milieu du bataillon braillard de ses amants qu’elle faisait venir et renvoyer à bord d’une vedette spéciale qui ne servait qu’à relier le continent au sexe jamais repu de ma mère.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamnts
  • amannts
  • amanst
  • amantss
  • amantts
  • amatns
  • ammants
  • amnats
  • maants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amants - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aamnts2amannts1amanst2amantss1amantts1amatns2ammants1amnats2
Edit distance from "amants"

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 "amants"?
"amants" is spelled A-M-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɑ̃\.
What does "amants" mean?
As a noun, "amants" means: Pluriel de amant.
What words are commonly confused with "amants"?
"amants" is commonly confused with "amas", "avant", "ayant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amants" is \a.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amants" come from?
"amants" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amants", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list