amorce
\a.mɔʁs\
The verdict
“amorce” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,800 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,800
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appât fixé à l'hameçon d'une ligne de pêcheur, destiné à faire mordre le poisson.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amorce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amorce” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for amorce is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.mɔʁs\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,800 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amorce, with forms such as "ammorce", "amocre", and "amorcce". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "aorte", "amore", "avorté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is amorce, spelled A-M-O-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1Appât fixé à l'hameçon d'une ligne de pêcheur, destiné à faire mordre le poisson.
- 2Matière explosive qui sert à enflammer la charge d’un canon, d’un fusil, d’une mine, etc.
- 3Appât, ce qui attire vers quelque chose.
- 4Oligonucléotide qui, hybridé avec une matrice d'acide nucléique, permet à une polymérase de déclencher la synthèse du brin complémentaire.
- 5Partie de muraille non achevée et qui doit être continuée plus tard.
- 6Partie d’une route, d’une rue commencée à l’une de ses extrémités.
- 7Début d'un espace géographique.
- 8Début d'une action.
- 9Programme nécessaire à la mise en marche d'un ordinateur, et exécuté à chaque mise sous tension ou réinitialisation.
- 10Marque faite avec un poinçon ou un amorçoir sur du bois, du métal, de la pierre, etc. pour repérer l'emplacement où doit se faire un perçage.
- 11Bout de pellicule attaché au début ou à la fin d'une pellicule.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammorce,amocre,amorcce,amorec,amorrce,amroce,aomrce,maorce
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amorce - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “amorce”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-O-R-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.mɔʁs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aorte” - see the side-by-side comparison. amorce vs aorte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.