Americans

\ə.ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kənz\

/\ə.ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kənz\/ noun

The verdict

“Americans” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,295
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-americans · Americans · French

Americans · rank #44,295 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,295
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amasse

Nearest frequency peer: amasse (-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 « Americans »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Americans » 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).

Americans vs American
89% similar
Americans vs américain
56% similar
Americans vs américaine
60% similar

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

Key facts for Americans
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmericans
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ə.ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kənz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#44,295
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Americans »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Americansse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « amasse » (#44,294), « ammoniaque » (#44,296), « alourdit » (#44,293). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Americans » est au #44,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Americans (IPA \ə.ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kənz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,295 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de American.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Americans, with forms such as "aemricans", "ameircans", and "amercians". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "American", "américain", "américaine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Americans, spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de American.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aemricans
  • ameircans
  • amercians
  • ameriacns
  • americanns
  • americanss
  • americasn
  • americcans
  • americnas
  • amerricans
  • ammericans
  • amreicans
  • maericans

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aemricans2ameircans2amercians2ameriacns2americanns1americanss1americasn2americcans1
Edit distance from "Americans"

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list