Afro-American
"afro-american" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Afro-American” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-afro-american · Afro-American · English
Afro-American · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Afro-American |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Afro-American” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Afro-American is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Afro-American in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Afro- + American. The correct English form is Afro-American, spelled A-F-R-O---A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Afro-American appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That great battle was won, not because the victim of slavery was a negro, mulatto, or an Afro-American, but because the victim of slavery was a man and a brother to all other men, a child of God, and could claim with all mankind a common Father, and therefore should be recognized as an accountable being, a subject of government, and entitled to justice, l…
Etymology
From Afro- + American.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.