amusement

\a.myz.mɑ̃\

/\a.myz.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“amusement” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,648
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-amusement · amusement · French

amusement · rank #18,648 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,648
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amandes

Nearest frequency peer: amandes (-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 « amusement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amusement » 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).

amusement vs amusent
78% similar
amusement vs aisément
67% similar
amusement vs amplement
78% similar

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

Key facts for amusement
PropertyValue
Headwordamusement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.myz.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,648
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amusement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amusementse 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 « amandes » (#18,647), « anticipée » (#18,649), « aléatoires » (#18,646). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amusement » est au #18,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around amusement (IPA \a.myz.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,648 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for amusement, with forms such as "ammusement", "amsuement", and "amuesment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "amusent", "aisément", "amplement", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is amusement, spelled A-M-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui amuse.
  2. 2
    Perte de temps, retardement.
  3. 3
    Tromperie, promesses trompeuses.
  4. 4
    Sentiment divertissant et joyeux né de ce qui fait rire ou sourire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les apologistes de la reine la représentent comme une femme du dix-huitième siècle, aimant la vie, l’amusement, la distraction, […], mais une femme honnête et pure.
  2. Mais avec un petit poële net, propre, chauffé par l’électricité et pourvu de thermomètres, avec des températures absolument contrôlables et des écrans protecteurs, la cuisine pourrait devenir une distraction et un amusement même pour les dames âgées ou valétudinaires.

Synonyms

détentedistractiondivertissementloisirrécréation

This word in other languages

amusement(English)diversión(Español)Belustigung(Deutsch)divertimento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammusement
  • amsuement
  • amuesment
  • amuseemnt
  • amusemennt
  • amusementt
  • amusemetn
  • amusemment
  • amusemnet
  • amusmeent
  • amussement
  • aumsement
  • mausement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amusement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ammusement1amsuement2amuesment2amuseemnt2amusemennt1amusementt1amusemetn2amusemment1
Edit distance from "amusement"

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 "amusement"?
"amusement" is spelled A-M-U-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.myz.mɑ̃\.
What does "amusement" mean?
As a noun, "amusement" means: Ce qui amuse.
What words are commonly confused with "amusement"?
"amusement" is commonly confused with "amusent", "aisément", "amplement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amusement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amusement" is \a.myz.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amusement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

anticipée#18,649arriverai#18,652attachant#18,655blasphème#18,665

Similar misspelling depth

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

affiliation13 variantsémergent13 variantscollégiale13 variantsCrawford13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list