Aminata
\a.mi.na.ta\
The verdict
“Aminata” is uncommon French (frequency #50,631 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,631
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aminata |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.mi.na.ta\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aminata” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Aminata is uncommon French at frequency #50,631 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.mi.na.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Aminata has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Aminata, spelled A-M-I-N-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
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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Using “Aminata”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-I-N-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.