Amazon

/[amaˈt͡soːn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,955

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Amazon is aGermannoun. It means: Amazonas Pronounced [amaˈt͡soːn]. It ranks #1,955 in German word frequency. Often confused with amon and Avalon.

Key facts for Amazon
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmazon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[amaˈt͡soːn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,955
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Amazon in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Amazon is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amaˈt͡soːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,955 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Amazonas".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Amazon, with forms such as "aamzon", "amaozn", and "amazno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "amon", "Avalon", "Amazone", 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 German form is Amazon, spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amazonas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aamzon,amaozn,amazno,amazonn,amazzon,ammazon,amzaon,maazon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Amazon

Misspelling Variants of "Amazon"

aamzon6amaozn6amazno6amazonn7amazzon7ammazon7amzaon6maazon6
Misspelling Variants of "Amazon"

Frequency rank: #1,955 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Amazon"?
"Amazon" is spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [amaˈt͡soːn].
What does "Amazon" mean?
As a noun, "Amazon" means: Amazonas
What words are commonly confused with "Amazon"?
"Amazon" is commonly confused with "amon", "Avalon", "Amazone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Amazon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amazon" is [amaˈt͡soːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Amazon" come from?
"Amazon" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.