amok
\a.mɔk\
The verdict
“amok” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Folie meurtrière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amok · amok · French
amok · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amok |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɔk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
amok is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
amok has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is amok, spelled A-M-O-K.
Definition
- 1Folie meurtrière.
- 2Personne dans un état de folie meurtrière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amok appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…des Samoyèdes, des Nyams-Nyams, des Malgaches, des Fuégiens célèbrent les solennités les plus étranges, mangent leurs vieux pères, leurs enfants, tournent sur eux-mêmes au son du tam-tam jusqu’à l’évanouissement, se livrent à la frénésie de l’amok, brûlent leurs morts, les exposent sur les toits, les abandonnent au fil de l’eau sur une barque illuminée d…
Si on fait remarquer à M. Mannoni que les Malgaches se sont pourtant révoltés à plusieurs reprises depuis l’occupation française et dernièrement encore, en 1947, M. Mannoni, fidèle à ses prémisses, vous expliquera qu’il s’agit là d’un comportement purement névrotique, d’une folie collective, d’un comportement d’amok ; que d’ailleurs, en la circonstance, i…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.