amas

\a.ma\

/\a.ma\/ noun

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The verdict

“amas” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,519
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agrégat de plusieurs choses réunies, accumulées comme en un seul tas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amas · amas · French

amas · rank #11,519 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,519
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agrément

Nearest frequency peer: agrément (-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 « amas »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amas » 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).

amas vs As
25% similar
amas vs ans
50% similar
amas vs ami
50% similar

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

Key facts for amas
PropertyValue
Headwordamas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ma\
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,519
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amas »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).amasse 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 « agrément » (#11,518), « ambassadeurs » (#11,520), « agriculteur » (#11,517). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amas » est au #11,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around amas (IPA \a.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,519 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amas, with forms such as "aams", "amass", and "ammas". 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, "As", "ans", "ami", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is amas, spelled A-M-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agrégat de plusieurs choses réunies, accumulées comme en un seul tas.
  2. 2
    Se dit des liquides.
  3. 3
    Recueil, fatras, collection.
  4. 4
    Rassemblement de beaucoup de personnes.
  5. 5
    Provisions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or, un matin, à quelques pas de ma demeure, une famille de ces ouvriers de la scie et de la hache s’empressait autour d'un amas considérable de bûches que le livreur juré venait d’aligner.
  2. Dix-sept îles, tufs et basaltes en amas pyramidaux ou étrangement déchiquetés, surgissent de la mer ; […].

This word in other languages

mass(English)montón(Español)massa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aams
  • amass
  • ammas
  • amsa
  • maas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aams2amass1ammas1amsa2maas2
Edit distance from "amas"

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 "amas"?
"amas" is spelled A-M-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ma\.
What does "amas" mean?
As a noun, "amas" means: Agrégat de plusieurs choses réunies, accumulées comme en un seul tas.
What words are commonly confused with "amas"?
"amas" is commonly confused with "As", "ans", "ami". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amas" is \a.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amas" come from?
"amas" 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 "amas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

casa#11,535Wolf#11,503walt#11,502unie#11,498

Similar misspelling depth

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

nœud5 variantsnourri5 variantshere5 variantsliga5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list