# amass

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈmæs/ · frequency rank #38,277

## Definitions
1. To collect into a mass or heap.
2. to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
3. To accumulate; to assemble.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-ass)
- **Amos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amos)
- **Ames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-ames)
- **amps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amps)
- **Amis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amis)
- **Arabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-arabs)
- **Amish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amish)
- **amaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amaze)
- **amuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amuse)
- **amiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amiss)
- **awash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-awash)
- **Amato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amato)
- **aways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-aways)
- **Amaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amaya)
- **amazes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amazes)
- **amuses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-amuses)
- **ama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ama-vs-amass)
- **Aas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aas-vs-amass)
- **alas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alas-vs-amass)
- **Amar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amar-vs-amass)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aamss`, `amas`, `ammass`, `amsas`, `maass`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/amass