amarre

\a.maʁ\

/\a.maʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“amarre” is uncommon French (frequency #68,794 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,794
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cordage servant à arrêter un bâtiment à terre ou à l’attacher à un autre bâtiment, et en général tout cordage qu’on emploie à attacher divers objets dans un navire.

Key facts for amarre
PropertyValue
Headwordamarre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.maʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,794
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “amarre” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). amarre lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amarre is uncommon French at frequency #68,794 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.maʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for amarre in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is amarre, spelled A-M-A-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cordage servant à arrêter un bâtiment à terre ou à l’attacher à un autre bâtiment, et en général tout cordage qu’on emploie à attacher divers objets dans un navire.
  2. 2
    Corde, ficelle, câble servant à attacher ou à lier.
  3. 3
    Morceau de bois, allant par paire, percé au milieu, dans lequel l’on passait le bout d’un moulinet.

Synonyms

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); 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 "amarre"?
"amarre" is spelled A-M-A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.maʁ\.
What does "amarre" mean?
As a noun, "amarre" means: Cordage servant à arrêter un bâtiment à terre ou à l’attacher à un autre bâtiment, et en général tout cordage qu’on emploie à attacher divers objets dans un navire.
How do you pronounce "amarre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amarre" is \a.maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amarre" come from?
"amarre" 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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Using “amarre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-M-A-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.maʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list