ami de cœur
\a.mi də kœʁ\
The verdict
“ami de cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ami-de-c-ur · ami de cœur · French
ami de cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ami de cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mi də kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ami de cœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ami de cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mi də kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Amant.".
ami de cœur has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 ami de cœur, spelled A-M-I- -D-E- -C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Amant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ami de cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ami de cœur est la personne sur qui je peux compter, qui répondra toujours présent à mes appels, qui sera plus soucieux de ma santé que de la sienne, de mon bonheur que du sien, de mes désirs que des siens et qui n’hésitera jamais à dire oui. Personne de confiance pure.
On vint à parler d’ami de cœur, on fit sur ce thème de la morale de concert. — Vivre sans un ami de cœur, disait M. de Sanréal plus qu’à demi ivre de gloire et de punch, ce serait la plus grande des sottises, si ce n’était pas une impossibilité.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.