amortissement

/\a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,345

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

amortissement is aFrenchnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced \a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\. Often confused with avertissement and amortissements.

Key facts for amortissement
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Headwordamortissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#20,345
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for amortissement is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for amortissement, with forms such as "ammortissement", "amoritssement", and "amorrtissement". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "avertissement", "amortissements", "aboutissement", 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 amortissement, spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 de mutation dont ce dernier se trouverait privé à l'avenir.
  2. 2
    Conversion en une rente annuelle d’un capital.
  3. 3
    Rééchelonnement dans le temps des annuités, amoindrissement des annuités.
  4. 4
    Affaiblissement, atténuation.
  5. 5
    Charge passée dans les comptes pour compenser la dépréciation graduelle d'une immobilisation.
  6. 6
    Succession de paiement remboursant le capital d'un emprunt.
  7. 7
    Ce qui termine et surmonte le comble d’un bâtiment.
  8. 8
    Cavet 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amortissement

Misspelling Variants of "amortissement"

ammortissement14amoritssement13amorrtissement14amortisement12amortisesment13amortisseemnt13amortissemennt14amortissementt14
Misspelling Variants of "amortissement"

Frequency rank: #20,345 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amortissement"?
"amortissement" is spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\.
What does "amortissement" mean?
As a noun, "amortissement" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "amortissement"?
"amortissement" is commonly confused with "avertissement", "amortissements", "aboutissement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amortissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amortissement" is \a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amortissement" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.