amen
\a.mɛn\
The verdict
“amen” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,900
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ainsi soit-il : ce mot clôt en général les prières.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amen · amen · French
amen · rank #12,900 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,900
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amplement
Nearest frequency peer: amplement (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “amen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- agirait
agirait
87,104 corpus weight
- agrandissem…
agrandissement
87,103 corpus weight
- amen
amen
87,101 corpus weight
- amplement
amplement
87,100 corpus weight
- ampoule
ampoule
87,099 corpus weight
- approximati…
approximativement
87,098 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “amen” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.mɛn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “amen” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around amen (IPA \a.mɛn\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #12,900 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amen, with forms such as "aemn", "amenn", and "ammen". 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, "an", "ami", "axe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 amen, spelled A-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Ainsi soit-il : ce mot clôt en général les prières.
- 2Dire amen à tout, signifie que l’on consent à tout sans discuter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Que le Seigneur vous bénisse : Le Père, le Fils et le Saint Esprit." Amen.
Tous ceux qui étaient dans cette maison répétaient en esprit les mêmes mots éternels. – Ceci est pour Yves et Jean Gaos, mes frères, perdus dans la mer d’Islande... Ceci est pour Pierre Gaos, mon fils, naufragé à bord de la Zélie... Puis, quand tous ces Gaos eurent chacun leur prière, il se tourna vers la grand’mère Yvonne : – Ceci, dit-il, est pour Sylve…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aemn
- amenn
- ammen
- amne
- maen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "amen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "an". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,900 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.