Amsterdam
/ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/
The verdict
“Amsterdam” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,692
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Amsterdã/Amsterdão, cidade na Holanda do Norte, capital dos Países Baixos
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 | Amsterdam |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amsterdam” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Amsterdam (IPA /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,692 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amsterdam, with forms such as "ammsterdam", "amsetrdam", and "amssterdam". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Amsterdã", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Amsterdam, spelled A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1Amsterdã/Amsterdão, cidade na Holanda do Norte, capital dos Países Baixos
- 2cidade na província de Mpumalanga, na África do Sul
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammsterdam
- amsetrdam
- amssterdam
- amstedram
- amsteradm
- amsterdamm
- amsterddam
- amsterdma
- amsterrdam
- amstredam
- amstterdam
- amtserdam
- asmterdam
- masterdam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amsterdam - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Amsterdam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Amsterdã” - see the side-by-side comparison. Amsterdam vs Amsterdã
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.