amoureux
\a.mu.ʁø\
The verdict
“amoureux” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,022 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,022
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui aime d’amour.
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 | amoureux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.mu.ʁø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amoureux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for amoureux is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.mu.ʁø\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,022 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Qui aime d’amour.
- 2Qui est enclin à l’amour.
- 3Qui exprime, qui marque de l’amour, qui est plein de sentiments d’amour, ou qui tend, qui est propre à inspirer de l’amour.
- 4Qui a une grande passion pour quelque chose.
- 5Qui est relatif à l’amour.
- 6Qui prend, retient bien l’encre.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “amoureux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-O-U-R-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.mu.ʁø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amoureuse” - see the side-by-side comparison. amoureux vs amoureuse
- 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.