amass
/əˈmæs/verb
amass is spelled A-M-A-S-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, amass means “To collect into a mass or heap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in amass?
| Letters | 5: A-M-A-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 amass?
Amass appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 amass?
- US /əˈmæs/
Amass has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-amass.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with amass?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amass from its last stressed vowel (/æs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: massa, samsa.
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 amass
- amasses present, singular, he/she/it
- amassing participle, present
- amassed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amass mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To collect into a mass or heap.
- 2
to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
to amass a treasure or a fortune
- 3
To accumulate; to assemble.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA large number of things collected or piled together.
- 2
obsoleteThe act of amassing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amass in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to collect into a mass or heap:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | amasser, s'amasser |
| German | ansammeln, zusammensammeln, zusammenklauben, anhäufen |
| Portuguese | amontoar |
| Spanish | amasar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does amass come from?
From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).