ampute
\ɑ̃.pyt\
The verdict
“ampute” is uncommon French (frequency #73,703 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,703
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe amputer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ampute · ampute · French
ampute · rank #73,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,703
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amputations
Nearest frequency peer: amputations (-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 « ampute »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- amassées
amassées
26,301 corpus weight
- amputations
amputations
26,299 corpus weight
- ampute
ampute
26,298 corpus weight
- aménorrhée
aménorrhée
26,297 corpus weight
- anachroniqu…
anachroniques
26,296 corpus weight
- anah
anah
26,295 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ampute » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ampute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pyt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ampute » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ampute is uncommon French at frequency #73,703 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ampute, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 ampute, spelled A-M-P-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe amputer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe amputer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe amputer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe amputer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe amputer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ampute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’est pas pensable qu’on homme puisse supporter qu’on lui ouvre le ventre, qu’on l’ampute d’un bras, qu’on le trépane sans chloroforme.
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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