amatrice

\a.ma.tʁis\

/\a.ma.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“amatrice” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,131. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,131
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Suivi de « de ») Celle qui a de l’attachement, du goût pour quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amatrice · amatrice · French

amatrice · rank #38,131 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,131
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alligator

Nearest frequency peer: Alligator (-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 « amatrice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amatrice » 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).

amatrice vs avarice
75% similar
amatrice vs autrice
75% similar
amatrice vs apatride
75% similar

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

Key facts for amatrice
PropertyValue
Headwordamatrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ma.tʁis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,131
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amatrice »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).amatricese 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 « Alligator » (#38,130), « ambulancier » (#38,132), « algébrique » (#38,129). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amatrice » est au #38,131. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around amatrice (IPA \a.ma.tʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,131 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for amatrice, with forms such as "aamtrice", "amartice", and "amatirce". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "avarice", "autrice", "apatride", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 amatrice, spelled A-M-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Suivi de « de ») Celle qui a de l’attachement, du goût pour quelque chose.
  2. 2
    (Précédé d’un nom) Celle qui exerce une activité de façon non professionnelle.
  3. 3
    Celle qui, ayant à faire une chose, s’en occupe négligemment.
  4. 4
    Celle qui pratique les sports sans en tirer aucun profit pécuniaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous croyons qu’on doit dire, pour être raisonnable, amatrice et autrice, en parlant d’une femme. Ceux qui disent amateur et auteur ressemblent aux gens qui se laissent avoir faim, ou se contentent de trop peu, auprès d’un arbre couvert de fruits, auxquels ils ne touchent pas par crainte ou par paresse. Les mots sont à nous, et s’ils ressemblent parfois a…
  2. Une amatrice de sports d’hiver capable de vous tuer, de vous dévorer et de cacher le reste du corps là où personne ne pourrait jamais le trouver.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamtrice
  • amartice
  • amatirce
  • amatrcie
  • amatricce
  • amatriec
  • amatrrice
  • amattrice
  • ammatrice
  • amtarice
  • maatrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aamtrice2amartice2amatirce2amatrcie2amatricce1amatriec2amatrrice1amattrice1
Edit distance from "amatrice"

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 "amatrice"?
"amatrice" is spelled A-M-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ma.tʁis\.
What does "amatrice" mean?
As a noun, "amatrice" means: (Suivi de « de ») Celle qui a de l’attachement, du goût pour quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "amatrice"?
"amatrice" is commonly confused with "avarice", "autrice", "apatride". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amatrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amatrice" is \a.ma.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amatrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list