# Amaya vs aways

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Amaya
*name · frequency rank #48,053*
A female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.

### aways
*adverb · frequency rank #46,322*
Alternative form of a ways.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-aways