amas
/ˈɑː.məz/
"amas" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amas” is uncommon English (frequency #55,230 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,230
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of ama
Corpus desk
Index EN-amas · amas · English
amas · rank #55,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,230
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH alphanumeric
Nearest frequency peer: alphanumeric (-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 “amas”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Akali
Akali
44,776 corpus weight
- alleluia
alleluia
44,773 corpus weight
- alphanumeric
alphanumeric
44,772 corpus weight
- amas
amas
44,771 corpus weight
- Ammon
Ammon
44,769 corpus weight
- amusingly
amusingly
44,767 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑː.məz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amas” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amas is uncommon English at frequency #55,230 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɑː.məz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of ama".
amas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is amas, spelled A-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1plural of ama
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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