amiante

/\a.mjɑ̃t\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,057

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

amiante is aFrenchnoun. It means: Terme générique désignant des silicates filamenteux dont une serpentine et cinq amphiboles dont on faisait de la toile et des mèches incombustibles. Pronounced \a.mjɑ̃t\. Often confused with amine and Ariane.

Key facts for amiante
PropertyValue
Headwordamiante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mjɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,057
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for amiante is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.mjɑ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,057 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Terme générique désignant des silicates filamenteux dont une serpentine et cinq amphiboles dont on faisait de la toile et des mèches incombustibles.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for amiante, with forms such as "aimante", "amainte", and "amianet". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "amine", "Ariane", "amusante", 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 amiante, spelled A-M-I-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terme générique désignant des silicates filamenteux dont une serpentine et cinq amphiboles dont on faisait de la toile et des mèches incombustibles.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aimante,amainte,amianet,amiannte,amiantte,amiatne,aminate,ammiante,maiante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amiante

Misspelling Variants of "amiante"

aimante7amainte7amianet7amiannte8amiantte8amiatne7aminate7ammiante8
Misspelling Variants of "amiante"

Frequency rank: #16,057 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amiante"?
"amiante" is spelled A-M-I-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mjɑ̃t\.
What does "amiante" mean?
As a noun, "amiante" means: Terme générique désignant des silicates filamenteux dont une serpentine et cinq amphiboles dont on faisait de la toile et des mèches incombustibles.
What words are commonly confused with "amiante"?
"amiante" is commonly confused with "amine", "Ariane", "amusante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amiante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amiante" is \a.mjɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amiante" come from?
"amiante" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.