# Afar vs Amara

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Afar
*name · IPA /ˈɑːfɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #18,231*
A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

### Amara
*name · frequency rank #45,200*
A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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