amnistie

\am.nis.ti\

/\am.nis.ti\/ noun

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The verdict

“amnistie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,799
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte du pouvoir législatif qui accorde le pardon aux auteurs d’un même délit de droit commun ou politique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amnistie · amnistie · French

amnistie · rank #15,799 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,799
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alternatifs

Nearest frequency peer: alternatifs (-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 « amnistie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amnistie » 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).

amnistie vs amitié
63% similar
amnistie vs amnésie
75% similar

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

Key facts for amnistie
PropertyValue
Headwordamnistie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\am.nis.ti\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,799
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amnistie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amnistiese 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 « alternatifs » (#15,798), « amorce » (#15,800), « angola » (#15,801). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amnistie » est au #15,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around amnistie (IPA \am.nis.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,799 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for amnistie, with forms such as "aminstie", "ammnistie", and "amnisite". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "amitié", "amnésie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 amnistie, spelled A-M-N-I-S-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acte du pouvoir législatif qui accorde le pardon aux auteurs d’un même délit de droit commun ou politique.
  2. 2
    Pardon général.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Finalement, on vota une loi d’amnistie pour déclarer qu’on ne voulait plus entendre parler de toutes ces vétilles.
  2. Il faut une loi spéciale pour accorder au Président de la République le droit d’amnistie.

This word in other languages

amnesty(English)amnistía(Español)Amnestie(Deutsch)anistia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aminstie
  • ammnistie
  • amnisite
  • amnisstie
  • amnistei
  • amnisttie
  • amnitsie
  • amnnistie
  • amnsitie
  • anmistie
  • manistie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amnistie - 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.

aminstie2ammnistie1amnisite2amnisstie1amnistei2amnisttie1amnitsie2amnnistie1
Edit distance from "amnistie"

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 "amnistie"?
"amnistie" is spelled A-M-N-I-S-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \am.nis.ti\.
What does "amnistie" mean?
As a noun, "amnistie" means: Acte du pouvoir législatif qui accorde le pardon aux auteurs d’un même délit de droit commun ou politique.
What words are commonly confused with "amnistie"?
"amnistie" is commonly confused with "amitié", "amnésie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amnistie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amnistie" is \am.nis.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amnistie" come from?
"amnistie" 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 "amnistie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

bandits11 variantsBeyoncé11 variantsboursier11 variantscentrée11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list