amazone

\a.ma.zon\

/\a.ma.zon\/ noun

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The verdict

“amazone” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,468. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,468
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme faisant partie de tribus guerrières où aucun homme n’était admis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amazone · amazone · French

amazone · rank #24,468 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,468
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alcoolémie

Nearest frequency peer: alcoolémie (-2 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 « amazone »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amazone » 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).

amazone vs Amazonie
75% similar
amazone vs Amazones
75% similar
amazone vs Amazon
71% similar

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

Key facts for amazone
PropertyValue
Headwordamazone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ma.zon\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,468
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amazone »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amazonese 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 « alcoolémie » (#24,466), « aminés » (#24,470), « anatomy » (#24,471). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amazone » est au #24,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around amazone (IPA \a.ma.zon\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,468 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for amazone, with forms such as "aamzone", "amaozne", and "amaznoe". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Amazonie", "Amazones", "Amazon", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is amazone, spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme faisant partie de tribus guerrières où aucun homme n’était admis.
  2. 2
    Femme volontaire et indépendante, d’un courage communément associé selon le stéréotype à la virilité.
  3. 3
    Femme qui monte à cheval.
  4. 4
    Robe, ordinairement de drap, que les femmes portent pour monter à cheval.
  5. 5
    Genre d’oiseau comprenant une trentaine d’espèces de la famille des psittacidés (e.g. perroquets, aras, etc.) exclusives aux forêts humides de l’Amérique tropicale, de taille moyenne (25 à 45 cm selon les espèces), à la silhouette compacte et robuste avec une tête massive, un corps trapu, des ailes larges et une queue courte et carrée (genre Amazona).
  6. 6
    Tricheuse.
  7. 7
    Femme prostituée en voiture luxueuse que les prostitueurs recherchaient dans les beaux quartiers de Paris, près des Champs-Élysées.
  8. 8
    Une des préparations de l’absinthe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’amazone sourit au-dessus des ruines, Tandis que le soleil, las de luttes, s’endort.
  2. Celles-ci, nouvelles amazones, placèrent des sentinelles sur le clocher et se barricadèrent dans le chœur de l’église.

This word in other languages

amazon(English)amazona(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamzone
  • amaozne
  • amaznoe
  • amazoen
  • amazonne
  • amazzone
  • ammazone
  • amzaone
  • maazone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aamzone2amaozne2amaznoe2amazoen2amazonne1amazzone1ammazone1amzaone2
Edit distance from "amazone"

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 "amazone"?
"amazone" is spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ma.zon\.
What does "amazone" mean?
As a noun, "amazone" means: Femme faisant partie de tribus guerrières où aucun homme n’était admis.
What words are commonly confused with "amazone"?
"amazone" is commonly confused with "Amazonie", "Amazones", "Amazon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amazone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amazone" is \a.ma.zon\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amazone" come from?
"amazone" 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 "amazone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anatomy#24,471another#24,473épuiser#24,455Bentley#24,490

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

arrosage9 variantsémotif9 variantswallons9 variantsbrouille9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list