amour
\a.muʁ\
The verdict
“amour” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #408 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #408
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sentiment intense et agréable qui incite les êtres à s’unir.
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 | amour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.muʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amour” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for amour is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.muʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #408 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for amour, with forms such as "ammour", "amoru", and "amourr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aur", "azur", "aout", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is amour, spelled A-M-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Sentiment intense et agréable qui incite les êtres à s’unir.
- 2Sentiment intense et agréable qui incite les êtres à s’unir.
- 3Plaisir, intérêt, voire obsession.
- 4Copulation, relation sexuelle, union charnelle.
- 5Ce qui est aimé.
- 6Ce qui est aimé.
- 7Ce qui est aimé.
- 8Représentation, allégorie du dieu Amour, sous la forme d’un putto ou d’un cupidon.
- 9État de fermentation propre à la végétation.
- 10Désir d’accomplir le bien d’autrui.
- 11Dernières gouttes d’une bouteille de vin servies à une personne aimée.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammour,amoru,amourr,amuor,aomur,maour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amour - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “amour”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.muʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aur” - see the side-by-side comparison. amour vs aur
- 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.