amanita
/ˌæməˈnaɪtə/
"amanita" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amanita” is an uncommon English word, ranked #81,101 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,101
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amanita |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæməˈnaɪtə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amanita” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for amanita is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæməˈnaɪtə/. Corpus data places it at rank #81,101 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for amanita, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name, from Ancient Greek ἀμανίτης (amanítēs), mushrooms. The correct English form is amanita, spelled A-M-A-N-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Any of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous.
Etymology
From the genus name, from Ancient Greek ἀμανίτης (amanítēs), mushrooms.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “amanita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-A-N-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.