amorce

\a.mɔʁs\

/\a.mɔʁs\/ noun

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The verdict

“amorce” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,800
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appât fixé à l'hameçon d'une ligne de pêcheur, destiné à faire mordre le poisson.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amorce · amorce · French

amorce · rank #15,800 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,800
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amnistie

Nearest frequency peer: amnistie (-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 « amorce »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amorce » 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).

amorce vs aorte
67% similar
amorce vs amore
83% similar
amorce vs avorté
50% similar

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

Key facts for amorce
PropertyValue
Headwordamorce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɔʁs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,800
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amorce »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « amnistie » (#15,799), « angola » (#15,801), « alternatifs » (#15,798). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amorce » est au #15,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amorce (IPA \a.mɔʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,800 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Appât fixé à l'hameçon d'une ligne de pêcheur, destiné à faire mordre le poisson.
  2. 2
    Matière explosive qui sert à enflammer la charge d’un canon, d’un fusil, d’une mine, etc.
  3. 3
    Appât, ce qui attire vers quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Oligonucléotide qui, hybridé avec une matrice d'acide nucléique, permet à une polymérase de déclencher la synthèse du brin complémentaire.
  5. 5
    Partie de muraille non achevée et qui doit être continuée plus tard.
  6. 6
    Partie d’une route, d’une rue commencée à l’une de ses extrémités.
  7. 7
    Début d'un espace géographique.
  8. 8
    Début d'une action.
  9. 9
    Programme nécessaire à la mise en marche d'un ordinateur, et exécuté à chaque mise sous tension ou réinitialisation.
  10. 10
    Marque 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.
  11. 11
    Bout de pellicule attaché au début ou à la fin d'une pellicule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le blé est une amorce plus résistante que le chènevis.
  2. — Vois, mon frère, dit-il, les ruses de l’ennemi qui nous dévore ! Voilà les amorces avec lesquelles il pêche les âmes !

Synonyms

escheappât

This word in other languages

bait(English)Köder(Deutsch)

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.

ammorce1amocre2amorcce1amorec2amorrce1amroce2aomrce2maorce2
Edit distance from "amorce"

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 "amorce"?
"amorce" is spelled A-M-O-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɔʁs\.
What does "amorce" mean?
As a noun, "amorce" means: Appât fixé à l'hameçon d'une ligne de pêcheur, destiné à faire mordre le poisson.
What words are commonly confused with "amorce"?
"amorce" is commonly confused with "aorte", "amore", "avorté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amorce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amorce" is \a.mɔʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amorce" come from?
"amorce" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

angola#15,801billes#15,818Ulysse#15,779canyon#15,824

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

atteste8 variantsabonner8 variantscheveu8 variantscroate8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list