amnistie

/\am.nis.ti\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,799

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

amnistie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Acte du pouvoir législatif qui accorde le pardon aux auteurs d’un même délit de droit commun ou politique. Pronounced \am.nis.ti\. Often confused with amitié and amnésie.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of amnistie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for amnistie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \am.nis.ti\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,799 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is amnistie, spelled A-M-N-I-S-T-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aminstie,ammnistie,amnisite,amnisstie,amnistei,amnisttie,amnitsie,amnnistie,amnsitie,anmistie,manistie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amnistie

Misspelling Variants of "amnistie"

aminstie8ammnistie9amnisite8amnisstie9amnistei8amnisttie9amnitsie8amnnistie9
Misspelling Variants of "amnistie"

Frequency rank: #15,799 in French

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?
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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.