amèrement

\a.mɛʁ.mɑ̃\

/\a.mɛʁ.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“amèrement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,372. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,372
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec amertume, au sens figuré de regret, tristesse ou ressentiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amerement · amèrement · French

amèrement · rank #35,372 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,372
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amon

Nearest frequency peer: amon (-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 « amèrement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amèrement » 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).

amèrement vs âprement
67% similar
amèrement vs autrement
78% similar
amèrement vs avènement
78% similar

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

Key facts for amèrement
PropertyValue
Headwordamèrement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a.mɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,372
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amèrement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amèrementse 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 « amon » (#35,371), « anniv » (#35,373), « ambitieuses » (#35,369). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amèrement » est au #35,372. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around amèrement (IPA \a.mɛʁ.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #35,372 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Avec amertume, au sens figuré de regret, tristesse ou ressentiment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for amèrement, with forms such as "amerement", "ammèrement", and "amrèement". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "âprement", "autrement", "avènement", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is amèrement, spelled A-M-È-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avec amertume, au sens figuré de regret, tristesse ou ressentiment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Paresseusement et presque amèrement, il se remémora ses dernières soirées.
  2. La douleur d’Ernestine était plus profonde qu'on ne devait l’attendre d'une personne de son âge : elle pleurait madame Dufresnoi, elle la pleurait amèrement, […].

This word in other languages

bitterly(English)amargamente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amerement
  • ammèrement
  • amrèement
  • amèerment
  • amèreemnt
  • amèremennt
  • amèrementt
  • amèremetn
  • amèremment
  • amèremnet
  • amèrmeent
  • amèrrement
  • aèmrement
  • maèrement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amerement1ammèrement1amrèement2amèerment2amèreemnt2amèremennt1amèrementt1amèremetn2
Edit distance from "amèrement"

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 "amèrement"?
"amèrement" is spelled A-M-È-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "amèrement" mean?
As an adverb, "amèrement" means: Avec amertume, au sens figuré de regret, tristesse ou ressentiment.
What words are commonly confused with "amèrement"?
"amèrement" is commonly confused with "âprement", "autrement", "avènement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amèrement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amèrement" is \a.mɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amèrement" come from?
"amèrement" 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 "amèrement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

altitudes#35,366Archibald#35,380asymétrie#35,384aiguillon#35,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

ambitieuses14 variantsantidopage14 variantsaubergines14 variantsépicentre14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list