amitié

\a.mi.tje\

/\a.mi.tje\/ noun

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The verdict

“amitié” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,307
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment réciproque qui engage deux personnes l’une envers l’autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amitie · amitié · French

amitié · rank #2,307 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,307
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH échec

Nearest frequency peer: échec (-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 « amitié »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « amitié » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

amitié vs amitiés
86% similar
amitié vs amnistie
63% similar
amitié vs amie
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for amitié
PropertyValue
Headwordamitié
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mi.tje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,307
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amitié »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amitiése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « échec » (#2,306), « associations » (#2,308), « ya » (#2,305). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amitié » est au #2,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amitié (IPA \a.mi.tje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,307 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amitié, with forms such as "aimtié", "amiité", and "amitie". 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, "amitiés", "amnistie", "amie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amitié, spelled A-M-I-T-I-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment réciproque qui engage deux personnes l’une envers l’autre.
  2. 2
    Bon office ; service.
  3. 3
    Affection que certains animaux ont pour les êtres humains.
  4. 4
    Paroles obligeantes, qui marquent de l’affection.
  5. 5
    On dit quelquefois avec le singulier, dans la même acception, faire amitié à quelqu’un.
  6. 6
    Amour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how amitié appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lisbeth et Valérie offraient le touchant spectacle d’une de ces amitiés si vives et si peu probables entre femmes, que les Parisiens, toujours trop spirituels, les calomnient aussitôt.
  2. Une des choses les plus recommandées au séminaire était d’éviter « les amitiés particulières ». De telles amitiés étaient présentées comme un vol fait à la communauté. Cette règle m’est restée très profondément gravée dans l’esprit. J’ai peu encouragé l’amitié ; j’ai fait peu de chose pour mes amis, et ils ont fait peu de chose pour moi. Une des idées que…

Synonyms

accointance

This word in other languages

friendship(English)amistad(Español)Freundschaft(Deutsch)afeição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aimtié
  • amiité
  • amitie
  • amittié
  • amitéi
  • ammitié
  • amtiié
  • maitié

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amitié - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aimtié2amiité2amitie1amittié1amitéi2ammitié1amtiié2maitié2
Edit distance from "amitié"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amitié"?
"amitié" is spelled A-M-I-T-I-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mi.tje\.
What does "amitié" mean?
As a noun, "amitié" means: Sentiment réciproque qui engage deux personnes l’une envers l’autre.
What words are commonly confused with "amitié"?
"amitié" is commonly confused with "amitiés", "amnistie", "amie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amitié"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amitié" is \a.mi.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amitié" come from?
"amitié" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amitié", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devons#2,314dirais#2,315rythme#2,299riches#2,298

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

échec8 variantsdents8 variantslaissez8 variantsremise8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list