amputer
\ɑ̃.py.te\
The verdict
“amputer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,700
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enlever, à l’aide d’instruments tranchants, un membre, une partie du corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amputer · amputer · French
amputer · rank #36,700 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,700
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH altérations
Nearest frequency peer: altérations (-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 « amputer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- aliénés
aliénés
63,304 corpus weight
- allumées
allumées
63,303 corpus weight
- altérations
altérations
63,302 corpus weight
- amputer
amputer
63,301 corpus weight
- anglet
anglet
63,300 corpus weight
- ANSM
ANSM
63,299 corpus weight
What this shows « amputer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amputer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.py.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amputer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around amputer (IPA \ɑ̃.py.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,700 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for amputer, with forms such as "ammputer", "ampputer", and "amptuer". 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, "amuser", "appuyer", "ajouter", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amputer, spelled A-M-P-U-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Enlever, à l’aide d’instruments tranchants, un membre, une partie du corps.
- 2Retirer une partie de quelque chose, diminuer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amputer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amputer une jambe.
Il se rappelait l’histoire apprise à l’école, d’un renard qui s’était amputé d’une patte, en la rongeant, pour échapper d’un piège.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammputer
- ampputer
- amptuer
- ampuetr
- amputerr
- amputre
- amputter
- amupter
- apmuter
- maputer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amputer - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amputer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).