amis
\a.mi\
The verdict
“amis” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #444
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ami.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amis · amis · French
amis · rank #444 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #444
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH vidéo
Nearest frequency peer: vidéo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “amis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unis
unis
99,559 corpus weight
- vidéo
vidéo
99,558 corpus weight
- amis
amis
99,557 corpus weight
- Art
Art
99,556 corpus weight
- beau
beau
99,555 corpus weight
- compris
compris
99,554 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “amis” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | amis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “amis” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around amis (IPA \a.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #444 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ami.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amis, with forms such as "aims", "amiss", and "ammis". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ans", "Amy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 amis, spelled A-M-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ami.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manon aime bien discuter avec ses amis le soir sur son ordinateur.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aims
- amiss
- ammis
- amsi
- mais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amis - 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 "amis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "amis". Here's where to go from here.
- "amis" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "As". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #444 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.