Amériques

\a.me.ʁik\

/\a.me.ʁik\/ name

The verdict

“Amériques” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,064
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ameriques · Amériques · French

Amériques · rank #17,064 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,064
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amusante

Nearest frequency peer: amusante (-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 « Amériques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Amériques » 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).

Amériques vs Amérique
89% similar

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

Key facts for Amériques
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmériques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.me.ʁik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,064
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Amériques »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Amériquesse 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 « amusante » (#17,063), « angelo » (#17,065), « ambre » (#17,062). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Amériques » est au #17,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Amériques (IPA \a.me.ʁik\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,064 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amériques, with forms such as "ameriques", "ammériques", and "amréiques". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Amérique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Amériques, spelled A-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de Amérique.
  2. 2
    Amérique du Nord et l’Amérique du Sud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’armée n’était nourrie que par quelques prises sur les Anglais et par les douanes que Ferrand venait de désaffermer et rendre libres et, depuis longtemps, les traites françaises étaient refusées dans les deux Amériques.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ameriques
  • ammériques
  • amréiques
  • améirques
  • amériqeus
  • amériqques
  • amériquess
  • amériquse
  • amériuqes
  • amérqiues
  • amérriques
  • aémriques
  • maériques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amériques - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ameriques1ammériques1amréiques2améirques2amériqeus2amériqques1amériquess1amériquse2
Edit distance from "Amériques"

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 "Amériques"?
"Amériques" is spelled A-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.me.ʁik\.
What does "Amériques" mean?
As a proper noun, "Amériques" means: Pluriel de Amérique.
What words are commonly confused with "Amériques"?
"Amériques" is commonly confused with "Amérique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Amériques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amériques" is \a.me.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Amériques" come from?
"Amériques" 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 "Amériques", 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