amphore

\ɑ̃.fɔʁ\

/\ɑ̃.fɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“amphore” is uncommon French (frequency #60,533 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,533
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jarre à deux anses dans laquelle on mettait le vin, l’huile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amphore · amphore · French

amphore · rank #60,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,533
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amans

Nearest frequency peer: amans (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « amphore »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « amphore » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amphore
PropertyValue
Headwordamphore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.fɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,533
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « amphore » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amphoretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « amans » (#60,532), « amplifiées » (#60,534), « alémanique » (#60,531). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amphore » est au #60,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amphore is uncommon French at frequency #60,533 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for amphore in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 amphore, spelled A-M-P-H-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jarre à deux anses dans laquelle on mettait le vin, l’huile.
  2. 2
    Ancienne mesure de capacité pour les liquides.
  3. 3
    Partie inférieure (ou urne) de la pyxide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’inscription en minuscule d’une amphore de provenance espagnole trouvée au Testaccio à Rome.
  2. En Grèce, l’amphore, amphoréus ou diota, se divisait en 6 conges ou chous = 36 xestès = 72 cotyles = 288 oxybaphes = 452 cyathes, et contenait le poids d’un talent d’eau ou les 72/100 d’un pied cube grec = 19.44 litres ou 4.2787 gallons. À Rome, l’amphore, amphora (amphoréus des Grecs), faisait dans le principe la 10ᵉ partie du culéus, et se divisait en 6…

This word in other languages

amphora(English)ánfora(Español)Amphora(Deutsch)ânfora(Português)

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 "amphore"?
"amphore" is spelled A-M-P-H-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fɔʁ\.
What does "amphore" mean?
As a noun, "amphore" means: Jarre à deux anses dans laquelle on mettait le vin, l’huile.
How do you pronounce "amphore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amphore" is \ɑ̃.fɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

affinée#60,519adoucie#60,515accédez#60,509éjacule#60,496

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list