amendes

\a.mɑ̃d\

/\a.mɑ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“amendes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,112
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de amende.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amendes · amendes · French

amendes · rank #9,112 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,112
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allocations

Nearest frequency peer: allocations (-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 « amendes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amendes » 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).

amendes vs amène
57% similar
amendes vs Andes
57% similar
amendes vs amener
71% similar

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

Key facts for amendes
PropertyValue
Headwordamendes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɑ̃d\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,112
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amendes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).amendesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « allocations » (#9,111), « améliorations » (#9,113), « aigle » (#9,110). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amendes » est au #9,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around amendes (IPA \a.mɑ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,112 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de amende.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for amendes, with forms such as "aemndes", "amednes", and "amenddes". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "amène", "Andes", "amener", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is amendes, spelled A-M-E-N-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de amende.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À coups d’amendes, le préfet Foy, créature du prince-président, brisait les feuilles montagnardes ardennaises.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aemndes
  • amednes
  • amenddes
  • amendess
  • amendse
  • ameneds
  • amenndes
  • ammendes
  • amnedes
  • maendes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aemndes2amednes2amenddes1amendess1amendse2ameneds2amenndes1ammendes1
Edit distance from "amendes"

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

barrages10 variantstraitée10 variantsconquis10 variantsconvenu10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list