ampleur

\ɑ̃.plœʁ\

/\ɑ̃.plœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ampleur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,641
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est ample.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ampleur · ampleur · French

ampleur · rank #4,641 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,641
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aimait

Nearest frequency peer: aimait (-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 « ampleur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ampleur » 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).

ampleur vs ample
71% similar
ampleur vs amples
71% similar
ampleur vs amateur
71% similar

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

Key facts for ampleur
PropertyValue
Headwordampleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.plœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,641
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ampleur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ampleurse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aimait » (#4,640), « apparaissent » (#4,642), « arrivera » (#4,643). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ampleur » est au #4,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ampleur (IPA \ɑ̃.plœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,641 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Caractère de ce qui est ample.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ampleur, with forms such as "amlpeur", "ammpleur", and "ampelur". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ample", "amples", "amateur", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ampleur, spelled A-M-P-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est ample.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chez les Allemands de Rome — les nazaréens —, puis chez les raphaéliques britanniques, cette orientation puriste et religieuse allait prendre une ampleur remarquable.
  2. L’adoption de ce châle a rendu leur costume plus décent en voilant, dans son ampleur, le nu et les formes un peu trop fortement dessinées.

This word in other languages

scale(English)tamaño(Español)Ausdehnung(Deutsch)amplitude(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlpeur
  • ammpleur
  • ampelur
  • ampleru
  • ampleurr
  • amplleur
  • ampluer
  • amppleur
  • apmleur
  • mapleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlpeur2ammpleur1ampelur2ampleru2ampleurr1amplleur1ampluer2amppleur1
Edit distance from "ampleur"

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 "ampleur"?
"ampleur" is spelled A-M-P-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.plœʁ\.
What does "ampleur" mean?
As a noun, "ampleur" means: Caractère de ce qui est ample.
What words are commonly confused with "ampleur"?
"ampleur" is commonly confused with "ample", "amples", "amateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ampleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ampleur" is \ɑ̃.plœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ampleur" come from?
"ampleur" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list