amém
The verdict
“amém” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,835 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #6,835
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: assim seja; assim é; certamente (us. esp. no fim das orações na liturgia religiosa)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amém |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /a.ˈmɛn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amém” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for amém is 4 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ˈmɛn/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,835 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "assim seja; assim é; certamente (us. esp. no fim das orações na liturgia religiosa)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amém, with forms such as "ammé", "ammém", and "amémm". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "até", "amo", "are", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is amém, spelled A-M-É-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1assim seja; assim é; certamente (us. esp. no fim das orações na liturgia religiosa)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammé,ammém,amémm,aémm,maém
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amém — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "amém"
Frequency rank: #6,835 in Portuguese
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Using “amém”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-M-É-M — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.ˈmɛn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “até” — see the side-by-side comparison. amém vs até
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index: