amoureux

\a.mu.ʁø\

/\a.mu.ʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“amoureux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,022
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime d’amour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amoureux · amoureux · French

amoureux · rank #2,022 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,022
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH œuvres

Nearest frequency peer: œuvres (-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 « amoureux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amoureux » 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).

amoureux vs amoureuse
78% similar

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

Key facts for amoureux
PropertyValue
Headwordamoureux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.mu.ʁø\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,022
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amoureux »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « œuvres » (#2,021), « animal » (#2,023), « Toulouse » (#2,020). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amoureux » est au #2,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around amoureux (IPA \a.mu.ʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,022 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for amoureux, with forms such as "ammoureux", "amorueux", and "amouerux". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "amoureuse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is amoureux, spelled A-M-O-U-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui aime d’amour.
  2. 2
    Qui est enclin à l’amour.
  3. 3
    Qui exprime, qui marque de l’amour, qui est plein de sentiments d’amour, ou qui tend, qui est propre à inspirer de l’amour.
  4. 4
    Qui a une grande passion pour quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Qui est relatif à l’amour.
  6. 6
    Qui prend, retient bien l’encre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Modeste n’est pas seulement amoureuse, elle aime quelqu’un ! répondit obstinément la mère.
  2. Les deux frères devinrent amoureux de moi, chacun avec les nuances de son caractère.

Synonyms

en carteféruin love

This word in other languages

in love(English)amoroso(Español)verliebt(Deutsch)enamorado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammoureux
  • amorueux
  • amouerux
  • amoureuxx
  • amourexu
  • amourreux
  • amouruex
  • amuoreux
  • aomureux
  • maoureux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amoureux - 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.

ammoureux1amorueux2amouerux2amoureuxx1amourexu2amourreux1amouruex2amuoreux2
Edit distance from "amoureux"

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 "amoureux"?
"amoureux" is spelled A-M-O-U-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mu.ʁø\.
What does "amoureux" mean?
As an adjective, "amoureux" means: Qui aime d’amour.
What words are commonly confused with "amoureux"?
"amoureux" is commonly confused with "amoureuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amoureux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amoureux" is \a.mu.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amoureux" come from?
"amoureux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Toulouse#2,020demandes#2,032espagnol#2,040médecine#2,002

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

blancs10 variantscabinet10 variantsreprise10 variantsdisparu10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list