amende

\a.mɑ̃d\

/\a.mɑ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“amende” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,508
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peine pécuniaire imposée par la justice.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amende · amende · French

amende · rank #3,508 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,508
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH étions

Nearest frequency peer: étions (-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 « amende »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amende » 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).

amende vs amène
67% similar
amende vs arène
50% similar
amende vs amère
50% similar

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

Key facts for amende
PropertyValue
Headwordamende
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɑ̃d\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,508
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amende »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).amendese 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 « étions » (#3,507), « amener » (#3,509), « visiteurs » (#3,506). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amende » est au #3,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amende (IPA \a.mɑ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,508 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amende, with forms such as "aemnde", "amedne", and "amendde". 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, "amène", "arène", "amère", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amende, spelled A-M-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peine pécuniaire imposée par la justice.
  2. 2
    C’est la coutume de Lorris, les battus paient l’amende ou, simplement et plus ordinairement, Les battus paient l’amende : se dit en parlant de quelqu’un qui est condamné, tandis qu’il devrait être dédommagé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un travail conduit démocratiquement serait réglementé par des arrêtés, surveillé par une police et soumis à la sanction de tribunaux distribuant des amendes ou de la prison.
  2. Durandus eut beau exciper de son ignorance, il ne fut libéré qu’après s’être vu condamner à une amende.

Synonyms

contraventioncontredanselochontopicprune

This word in other languages

fine(English)multa(Español)Strafe(Deutsch)multa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aemnde
  • amedne
  • amendde
  • amened
  • amennde
  • ammende
  • amnede
  • maende

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aemnde2amedne2amendde1amened2amennde1ammende1amnede2maende2
Edit distance from "amende"

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 "amende"?
"amende" is spelled A-M-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɑ̃d\.
What does "amende" mean?
As a noun, "amende" means: Peine pécuniaire imposée par la justice.
What words are commonly confused with "amende"?
"amende" is commonly confused with "amène", "arène", "amère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amende" is \a.mɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amende" come from?
"amende" 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 "amende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amener#3,509étions#3,507victor#3,505soldat#3,504

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

recette8 variantschers8 variantsprouve8 variantsdiable8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list