amortissement
\a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“amortissement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,345 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,345
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Annulation de la mainmorte sur un domaine en échange d’une compensation monétaire due au seigneur. Redevance payée par les mainmortables au seigneur pour l’indemniser de la suppression des droits d...
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 | amortissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #20,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amortissement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for amortissement is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,345 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for amortissement, with forms such as "ammortissement", "amoritssement", and "amorrtissement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "avertissement", "amortissements", "aboutissement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is amortissement, spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Annulation de la mainmorte sur un domaine en échange d’une compensation monétaire due au seigneur. Redevance payée par les mainmortables au seigneur pour l’indemniser de la suppression des droits de mutation dont ce dernier se trouverait privé à l'avenir.
- 2Conversion en une rente annuelle d’un capital.
- 3Rééchelonnement dans le temps des annuités, amoindrissement des annuités.
- 4Affaiblissement, atténuation.
- 5Charge passée dans les comptes pour compenser la dépréciation graduelle d'une immobilisation.
- 6Succession de paiement remboursant le capital d'un emprunt.
- 7Ce qui termine et surmonte le comble d’un bâtiment.
- 8Cavet renversé qui couvre les corniches des croisées et des portes extérieures, pour les garantir de la pluie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammortissement,amoritssement,amorrtissement,amortisement,amortisesment,amortisseemnt,amortissemennt,amortissementt,amortissemetn,amortissemment,amortissemnet,amortissmeent,amortsisement,amorttissement,amotrissement,amrotissement,aomrtissement,maortissement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amortissement - 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 “amortissement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-O-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “avertissement” - see the side-by-side comparison. amortissement vs avertissement
- 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.