AccravsAmaraTell them apart

Which to use

“Accra” and “Amara” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,352
“Accra” frequency rank
#45,200
“Amara” frequency rank
72552
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Accra Amara
Definition The capital city of Ghana. A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal".

Letter map: Accra vs Amara

Shared letters muted; letters that set Accra and Amara apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Accra
5 ch
Amara

Corpus notes: Accra and Amara

Accra and Amara are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Accra is recorded at frequency rank #27,352, classified as aname, pronounced /əˈkɹɑ/. Amara is at rank #45,200, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 72552, this pair ranks #42,637 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Accra vs Amara

Shared letters: ar. Private to "Accra": c. Private to "Amara": m.

"Accra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "Amara" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Accraaccar · accrra · acrca · cacra
  • Amaraaamra · amaar · amarra · ammara · amraa · maara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Accra" for "Amara" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Accra" vs "Amara" - which ranks higher?
"Accra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,352 in our English list, against #45,200 for "Amara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Accra" vs "Amara" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Accra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Amara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,637 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Accra" and "Amara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Amara vs Amari". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #42,637 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list