Amoy
\a.mɔj\
The verdict
“Amoy” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de Xiamen, une ville du Fujian, en Chine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amoy · Amoy · French
Amoy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amoy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.mɔj\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Amoy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Amoy is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.mɔj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom de Xiamen, une ville du Fujian, en Chine.".
Amoy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Amoy, spelled A-M-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de Xiamen, une ville du Fujian, en Chine.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.