ampère
\ɑ̃.pɛʁ\
The verdict
“ampère” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #45,427 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,427
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de mesure de l’intensité du courant électrique du Système international (SI, unité de base), dont le symbole est A. Équivaut à un coulomb par seconde, soit environ 6,28×10¹⁸ charges élémentai...
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 | ampère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ampère” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ampère is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.pɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,427 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ampère, with forms such as "ammpère", "ampere", and "amppère". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "âpre", "avéré", "apéro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ampère, spelled A-M-P-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de l’intensité du courant électrique du Système international (SI, unité de base), dont le symbole est A. Équivaut à un coulomb par seconde, soit environ 6,28×10¹⁸ charges élémentaires par seconde.
- 2Unité de mesure de la force magnétomotrice dans le Système international (SI, unité dérivée), dont le symbole est A.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammpère,ampere,amppère,amprèe,ampèer,ampèrre,amèpre,apmère,mapère
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ampère - 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 “ampère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-P-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.pɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “âpre” - see the side-by-side comparison. ampère vs âpre
- 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.