amaru

noun

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"amaru" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“amaru” is uncommon English (frequency #89,099 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,099
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.

Corpus desk

Index EN-amaru · amaru · English

amaru · rank #89,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,099
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amuck

Nearest frequency peer: amuck (+2 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 “amaru”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “amaru” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amaru
PropertyValue
Headwordamaru
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,099
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “amaru” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).amarufalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “amuck” (#89,101), “almshouse” (#89,095), “allopathic” (#89,093). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “amaru” is #89,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amaru is uncommon English at frequency #89,099 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amaru, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Quechua amaru. The correct English form is amaru, spelled A-M-A-R-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    A double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua amaru.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amaru"?
"amaru" is spelled A-M-A-R-U.
What does "amaru" mean?
As a noun, "amaru" means: A double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.
What is the origin of the word "amaru"?
Borrowed from Quechua amaru. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amaru", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amuck#89,101Algol#89,087Ayoub#89,128abend#89,066

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list