amen

\a.mɛn\

/\a.mɛn\/ adv

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « amen »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amen » 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).

amen vs an
50% similar
amen vs ami
50% similar
amen vs axe
50% similar

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

Key facts for amen
PropertyValue
Headwordamen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a.mɛn\
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,900
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amen »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).amense 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 « amplement » (#12,901), « agrandissement » (#12,898), « ampoule » (#12,902). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amen » est au #12,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Ainsi soit-il : ce mot clôt en général les prières.
  2. 2
    Dire amen à tout, signifie que l’on consent à tout sans discuter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Que le Seigneur vous bénisse : Le Père, le Fils et le Saint Esprit." Amen.
  2. 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.

aemn2amenn1ammen1amne2maen2
Edit distance from "amen"

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 "amen"?
"amen" is spelled A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɛn\.
What does "amen" mean?
As an adverb, "amen" means: Ainsi soit-il : ce mot clôt en général les prières.
What words are commonly confused with "amen"?
"amen" is commonly confused with "an", "ami", "axe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amen" is \a.mɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amen" come from?
"amen" 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 "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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list