aménagement
\a.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“aménagement” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,510 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,510
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’aménager ou résultat de cette action.
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 | aménagement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aménagement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for aménagement is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,510 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for aménagement, with forms such as "amenagement", "amménagement", and "amnéagement". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "amendement", "aménagements", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aménagement, spelled A-M-É-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’aménager ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Discipline scientifique et de recherche-action qui étudie et propose les transformations, d'un ordre ancien à un ordre nouveau, des dispositions des ressources et des investissements au sein d'une structure, d'un espace, ou sur l'étendue d'un territoire, afin de promouvoir un développement économique optimal suivi d’une meilleure répartition spatiale et sociale des richesses naturelles ou produites.
- 3Amélioration d’un territoire pour ses habitants et leurs activités à travers les constructions, les équipements et les moyens de communication. Du point de vue administratif il s’agit de l’organisation de l’ensemble de l’espace et des ressources.
- 4Abréviation de document d’aménagement
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amenagement,amménagement,amnéagement,améangement,aménaegment,aménageemnt,aménagemennt,aménagementt,aménagemetn,aménagemment,aménagemnet,aménaggement,aménagmeent,améngaement,aménnagement,aémnagement,maénagement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aménagement - 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.
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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Using “aménagement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-É-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amendement” - see the side-by-side comparison. aménagement vs amendement
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.