amiable
\a.mjabl\
The verdict
“amiable” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,846
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doux, gracieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amiable · amiable · French
amiable · rank #14,846 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,846
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alphabétique
Nearest frequency peer: alphabétique (-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 « amiable »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Alicia
Alicia
85,158 corpus weight
- allégations
allégations
85,157 corpus weight
- alphabétique
alphabétique
85,156 corpus weight
- amiable
amiable
85,155 corpus weight
- ananas
ananas
85,154 corpus weight
- anarchie
anarchie
85,153 corpus weight
What this shows « amiable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amiable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.mjabl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amiable »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around amiable (IPA \a.mjabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,846 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amiable, with forms such as "amaible", "amiabble", and "amiabel". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "axiale", "amicale", "amiante", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is amiable, spelled A-M-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Doux, gracieux.
- 2Qui agit ou qui se fait par les voies de la douceur et de la conciliation.
- 3Qualifie des nombres dont l’un est égal à la somme des parties aliquotes de l’autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amiable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vente, partage, transaction amiable.
Conventions de séparation amiable avant ou pendant le divorce.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amaible
- amiabble
- amiabel
- amiablle
- amialbe
- amibale
- ammiable
- maiable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amiable - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amiable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).