amuses

\a.myz\

/\a.myz\/ verb

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The verdict

“amuses” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,052
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amuses · amuses · French

amuses · rank #30,052 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,052
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Angie

Nearest frequency peer: Angie (+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 « amuses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amuses » 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).

amuses vs anses
67% similar
amuses vs aubes
67% similar
amuses vs amusez
83% similar

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

Key facts for amuses
PropertyValue
Headwordamuses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.myz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,052
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amuses »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).amusesse 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 « Angie » (#30,053), « anonymous » (#30,054), « amateurisme » (#30,049). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amuses » est au #30,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amuses (IPA \a.myz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,052 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amuses, with forms such as "ammuses", "amsues", and "amuess". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "anses", "aubes", "amusez", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amuses, spelled A-M-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe amuser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammuses
  • amsues
  • amuess
  • amusess
  • amusse
  • amusses
  • aumses
  • mauses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ammuses1amsues2amuess2amusess1amusse2amusses1aumses2mauses2
Edit distance from "amuses"

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 "amuses"?
"amuses" is spelled A-M-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.myz\.
What does "amuses" mean?
As a verb, "amuses" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe amuser.
What words are commonly confused with "amuses"?
"amuses" is commonly confused with "anses", "aubes", "amusez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amuses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amuses" is \a.myz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amuses" come from?
"amuses" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aidons#30,044agacer#30,043bondit#30,073Borgia#30,074

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

apporta8 variantswrong8 variantsViagra8 variantsvecchio8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list