amputée

\ɑ̃.py.te\

/\ɑ̃.py.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“amputée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,595
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme ou fille qui a subi une amputation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amputee · amputée · French

amputée · rank #40,595 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,595
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amore

Nearest frequency peer: amore (-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 « amputée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amputée » 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).

amputée vs amusée
71% similar
amputée vs appuyée
71% similar
amputée vs amputer
71% similar

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

Key facts for amputée
PropertyValue
Headwordamputée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.py.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,595
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amputée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amputéese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « amore » (#40,594), « Anas » (#40,596), « anthropologues » (#40,597). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amputée » est au #40,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around amputée (IPA \ɑ̃.py.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,595 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Femme ou fille qui a subi une amputation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for amputée, with forms such as "ammputée", "ampputée", and "amptuée". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "amusée", "appuyée", "amputer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is amputée, spelled A-M-P-U-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme ou fille qui a subi une amputation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammputée
  • ampputée
  • amptuée
  • amputee
  • amputeé
  • amputtée
  • ampuéte
  • amuptée
  • apmutée
  • maputée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ammputée1ampputée1amptuée2amputee1amputeé2amputtée1ampuéte2amuptée2
Edit distance from "amputée"

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 "amputée"?
"amputée" is spelled A-M-P-U-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.py.te\.
What does "amputée" mean?
As a noun, "amputée" means: Femme ou fille qui a subi une amputation.
What words are commonly confused with "amputée"?
"amputée" is commonly confused with "amusée", "appuyée", "amputer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amputée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amputée" is \ɑ̃.py.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amputée" come from?
"amputée" 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 "amputée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

alinéas#40,590affamée#40,585accuses#40,579avortée#40,615

Similar misspelling depth

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

asservir10 variantsbasalte10 variantsévapore10 variantsbastian10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list