américain

/\a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#714

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

américain is anFrenchadj. It means: Relatif à l’Amérique. Pronounced \a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\. It ranks #714 in French word frequency. Often confused with American and Americans.

Key facts for américain
PropertyValue
Headwordaméricain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#714
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of américain in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for américain is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #714 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for américain, with forms such as "americain", "amméricain", and "amréicain". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "American", "Americans", "américaine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is américain, spelled A-M-É-R-I-C-A-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’Amérique.
  2. 2
    Qualifie les cépages des vignes issues de l’Amérique du Nord et que l’on utilise comme porte-greffes pour lutter contre le phylloxéra.
  3. 3
    Relatif aux États-Unis d’Amérique.
  4. 4
    Relatif aux Amérindiens.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: americain,amméricain,amréicain,améircain,amérciain,amériacin,américainn,américani,américcain,américian,amérricain,aémricain,maéricain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for américain

Misspelling Variants of "américain"

americain9amméricain10amréicain9améircain9amérciain9amériacin9américainn10américani9
Misspelling Variants of "américain"

Frequency rank: #714 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "américain"?
"américain" is spelled A-M-É-R-I-C-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\.
What does "américain" mean?
As an adj, "américain" means: Relatif à l’Amérique.
What words are commonly confused with "américain"?
"américain" is commonly confused with "American", "Americans", "américaine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "américain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "américain" is \a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "américain" come from?
"américain" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.