Ambros

[ˈambʁɔs]

/[ˈambʁɔs]/ name

The verdict

“Ambros” is uncommon German (frequency #54,308 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,308
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-ambros · Ambros · German

Ambros · rank #54,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,308
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Amplitude

Nearest frequency peer: Amplitude (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ambros“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ambros“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ambros
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmbros
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈambʁɔs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,308
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ambros“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Ambrosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Amplitude“ (#54,309), „already“ (#54,306), „analysierten“ (#54,310). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Ambros“ bei #54,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ambros is uncommon German at frequency #54,308 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈambʁɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

No misspelling variants are generated for Ambros in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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. The correct German form is Ambros, spelled A-M-B-R-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Ambros appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wenn Ambros die Gitarre auspackt, flüchtet jeder, der kann.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ambros"?
"Ambros" is spelled A-M-B-R-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈambʁɔs].
What does "Ambros" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ambros" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Ambros"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ambros" is [ˈambʁɔs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ambros" come from?
"Ambros" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list