# Almaty

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,760

## Definitions
1. The largest city in and former (until 1998) capital of Kazakhstan, formerly known as Alma-Ata.
2. A region of Kazakhstan. Capital: Qonayev.

## Etymology
Transliteration from Kazakh Алматы (Almaty), which is an adjective form of алма (alma, “apple”).

## Easily confused with
- **amity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/almaty-vs-amity)
- **Amato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/almaty-vs-amato)
- **alway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/almaty-vs-alway)
- **alma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alma-vs-almaty)
- **allay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allay-vs-almaty)
- **Albany** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/albany-vs-almaty)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alamty`, `allmaty`, `almatty`, `almatyy`, `almayt`, `almmaty`, `almtay`, `amlaty`, `lamaty`

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