amusant

\a.my.zɑ̃\

/\a.my.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“amusant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,163
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui amuse, qui divertit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amusant · amusant · French

amusant · rank #6,163 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,163
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amendement

Nearest frequency peer: amendement (-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 « amusant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amusant » 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).

amusant vs autant
71% similar
amusant vs amusent
86% similar
amusant vs amusante
88% similar

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

Key facts for amusant
PropertyValue
Headwordamusant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.my.zɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,163
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amusant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amusantse 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 « amendement » (#6,162), « anneau » (#6,164), « aimerait » (#6,161). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amusant » est au #6,163. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around amusant (IPA \a.my.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,163 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui amuse, qui divertit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for amusant, with forms such as "ammusant", "amsuant", and "amuasnt". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "autant", "amusent", "amusante", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is amusant, spelled A-M-U-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui amuse, qui divertit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est un esprit amusant.
  2. C’est la personne du monde la plus amusante.

Synonyms

distrayantdivertissant

Antonyms

inamusant

This word in other languages

amusing(English)chistoso(Español)amüsant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammusant
  • amsuant
  • amuasnt
  • amusannt
  • amusantt
  • amusatn
  • amusnat
  • amussant
  • aumsant
  • mausant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ammusant1amsuant2amuasnt2amusannt1amusantt1amusatn2amusnat2amussant1
Edit distance from "amusant"

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 "amusant"?
"amusant" is spelled A-M-U-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.my.zɑ̃\.
What does "amusant" mean?
As an adjective, "amusant" means: Qui amuse, qui divertit.
What words are commonly confused with "amusant"?
"amusant" is commonly confused with "autant", "amusent", "amusante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amusant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amusant" is \a.my.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amusant" come from?
"amusant" 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 "amusant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

calculs#6,168comique#6,173compare#6,175visages#6,147

Similar misspelling depth

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

aimerait10 variantsaffiches10 variantsarrivant10 variantsdeviens10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list