amaretto
/ˌæməˈɹɛtəʊ/
"amaretto" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amaretto” is uncommon English (frequency #77,398 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,398
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, c...
Corpus desk
Index EN-amaretto · amaretto · English
amaretto · rank #77,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,398
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Amberley
Nearest frequency peer: Amberley (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “amaretto”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- algebraical…
algebraically
22,607 corpus weight
- ALJ
ALJ
22,606 corpus weight
- amaretto
amaretto
22,603 corpus weight
- Amberley
Amberley
22,602 corpus weight
- Americaniza…
Americanization
22,601 corpus weight
- Amerindian
Amerindian
22,600 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amaretto” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amaretto |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæməˈɹɛtəʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amaretto” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amaretto is uncommon English at frequency #77,398 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæməˈɹɛtəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for amaretto, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian amaretto, from amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amarus) + diminutive suffix -etto. The correct English form is amaretto, spelled A-M-A-R-E-T-T-O.
Definition
- 1A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits.
- 2A serving of that liqueur.
- 3A light Italian cookie made with almonds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amaretto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amaretto makes a fine digestive.
Gino has an amaretto on the porch after every elaborate meal.
Etymology
From Italian amaretto, from amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amarus) + diminutive suffix -etto.
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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