Amaretto
[amaˈʁɛto]
The verdict
“Amaretto” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - italienischer Mandellikör
Corpus desk
Index DE-amaretto · Amaretto · German
Amaretto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amaretto |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amaˈʁɛto] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amaretto“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amaretto is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [amaˈʁɛto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Amaretto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Amaretto, spelled A-M-A-R-E-T-T-O.
Definition
- 1italienischer Mandellikör
- 2Mandelkeks mit dem Geschmack von Amaretto^([1])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amaretto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manchmal werden für Amaretto statt oder zusammen mit Mandeln auch Aprikosenkerne verwendet.
Zum Kaffee gab es Ameretti.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.