Amplitude

noun

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The verdict

“Amplitude” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,293
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amplitude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amplitude · Amplitude · French

Amplitude · rank #16,293 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,293
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aimaient

Nearest frequency peer: aimaient (-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 « Amplitude »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Amplitude » 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).

Amplitude vs aptitude
67% similar

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

Key facts for Amplitude
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmplitude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,293
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Amplitude »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Amplitudese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aimaient » (#16,292), « analystes » (#16,294), « affirmait » (#16,291). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Amplitude » est au #16,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Amplitude, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,293 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Amplitude.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amplitude, with forms such as "amlpitude", "ammplitude", and "ampiltude". 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, "aptitude", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Amplitude, spelled A-M-P-L-I-T-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amplitude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die Wechselspannung hatte eine Amplitude von 24 V. — …

Synonyms

AusschlagSchwingungsweite

Antonyms

WellenlängeFrequenz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlpitude
  • ammplitude
  • ampiltude
  • amplitdue
  • amplittude
  • amplitudde
  • amplitued
  • ampliutde
  • ampllitude
  • ampltiude
  • ampplitude
  • apmlitude
  • maplitude

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amplitude - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amlpitude2ammplitude1ampiltude2amplitdue2amplittude1amplitudde1amplitued2ampliutde2
Edit distance from "Amplitude"

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 "Amplitude"?
"Amplitude" is spelled A-M-P-L-I-T-U-D-E.
What does "Amplitude" mean?
As a noun, "Amplitude" means: Amplitude.
What words are commonly confused with "Amplitude"?
"Amplitude" is commonly confused with "aptitude". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Amplitude" come from?
"Amplitude" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

analystes#16,294affirmait#16,291affinités#16,290évidentes#16,284

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Baudelaire13 variantsBernadette13 variantsChristina13 variantsvalentine13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list