amah
/ˈɑː.mə/noun
amah is spelled A-M-A-H: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amah means “A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of amah is amahs.
How many letters and syllables are in amah?
| Letters | 4: A-M-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amah?
Amah appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce amah?
- US /ˈɑː.mə/
- /ˈɑː.mɑ/
Amah has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with amah?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amah from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: maha.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of amah
- amahs plural
- ama
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaA woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
- 2
A female domestic helper; a maid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does amah come from?
From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of Latin mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).