Ambrosia
[amˈbʁoːzi̯a]
The verdict
“Ambrosia” is uncommon German (frequency #69,981 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,981
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Speise der Götter
Corpus desk
Index DE-ambrosia · Ambrosia · German
Ambrosia · rank #69,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,981
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Amun
Nearest frequency peer: Amun (+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 „Ambrosia“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- allied
allied
30,024 corpus weight
- Alphabetisi…
Alphabetisierung
30,023 corpus weight
- Ambrosia
Ambrosia
30,020 corpus weight
- Amun
Amun
30,019 corpus weight
- Andermatt
Andermatt
30,018 corpus weight
- Anfängerfeh…
Anfängerfehler
30,017 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ambrosia“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ambrosia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amˈbʁoːzi̯a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ambrosia“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ambrosia is uncommon German at frequency #69,981 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [amˈbʁoːzi̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ambrosia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ambrosia, spelled A-M-B-R-O-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1Speise der Götter
- 2eine Gattung der Asteraceae (Korbblütengewächse)
- 3Vertreter der Gattung [2]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ambrosia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ambrosia machte die Götter unsterblich.
Die aus Amerika stammende Gattung Ambrosia umfasst über 40 Arten.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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