ammoniac

\a.mɔ.njak\

/\a.mɔ.njak\/ noun

The verdict

“ammoniac” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,342
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé chimique de formule NH₃.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ammoniac · ammoniac · French

ammoniac · rank #31,342 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,342
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Analysis

Nearest frequency peer: Analysis (+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 « ammoniac »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ammoniac » 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).

ammoniac vs ammonium
75% similar
ammoniac vs ammoniaque
70% similar

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

Key facts for ammoniac
PropertyValue
Headwordammoniac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɔ.njak\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,342
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ammoniac »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ammoniacse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Analysis » (#31,343), « allient » (#31,340), « Anselme » (#31,344). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ammoniac » est au #31,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ammoniac (IPA \a.mɔ.njak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,342 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Composé chimique de formule NH₃.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ammoniac, with forms such as "ammnoiac", "ammoinac", and "ammonaic". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ammonium", "ammoniaque", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ammoniac, spelled A-M-M-O-N-I-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composé chimique de formule NH₃.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les amides sont obtenues en partant de l’ammoniac par substitution à l’hydrogène de AzH₃, d’un radical acide (acétyle, etc.).
  2. Les chlores et les ammoniacs sont sans aucun doute les délégués d’une sorte de feu total, sauveur mais aveugle ; les poudres sont au contraire sélectives, elles poussent, conduisent la saleté à travers la trame de l’objet, elles ont une fonction de police, non de guerre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammnoiac
  • ammoinac
  • ammonaic
  • ammoniacc
  • ammonica
  • ammonniac
  • amomniac
  • amoniac
  • mamoniac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ammoniac - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ammnoiac2ammoinac2ammonaic2ammoniacc1ammonica2ammonniac1amomniac2amoniac1
Edit distance from "ammoniac"

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 "ammoniac"?
"ammoniac" is spelled A-M-M-O-N-I-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɔ.njak\.
What does "ammoniac" mean?
As a noun, "ammoniac" means: Composé chimique de formule NH₃.
What words are commonly confused with "ammoniac"?
"ammoniac" is commonly confused with "ammonium", "ammoniaque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ammoniac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ammoniac" is \a.mɔ.njak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ammoniac" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list