amar

verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“amar” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,048) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#28,048
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-amar · amar · French

amar · rank #28,048 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,048
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alves

Nearest frequency peer: Alves (-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 « amar »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « amar » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

amar vs ami
50% similar
amar vs âme
25% similar
amar vs Amy
25% similar

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

Key facts for amar
PropertyValue
Headwordamar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,048
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « amar »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amarse 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 « Alves » (#28,047), « Ancelotti » (#28,049), « alcoolisées » (#28,046). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amar » est au #28,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for amar is neighbouring look-alikes ("ami", "âme", …), not just typos; it is averb. Frequency #28,048 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Aimer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for amar, with forms such as "aamr", "amarr", and "ammar". 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, "ami", "âme", "Amy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is amar, spelled A-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aimer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bels Vezers, senes doptansa Sai que vostre pretz enansa, Que tantz sabetz de plazers far e dir : De vos amar no.s pot nuls om sofrir .
  2. Ailas ! — Que plangz ? — Ia tem murir. — Que as ? — Am. — E trop ?— Ieu, hoc, tan Que·n muer. — Mors ? — Oc. — Non potz guerir ? —Ieu no. — E cum ? —Tan sui iratz.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamr
  • amarr
  • ammar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aamr2amarr1ammar1
Edit distance from "amar"

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 "amar"?
"amar" is spelled A-M-A-R.
What does "amar" mean?
As a verb, "amar" means: Aimer.
What words are commonly confused with "amar"?
"amar" is commonly confused with "ami", "âme", "Amy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "amar" come from?
"amar" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bone#28,075voue#28,020used#28,007cats#28,094

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list