Amaterasu
/ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/
"amaterasu" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Amaterasu” is an uncommon English word, ranked #88,047 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #88,047
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Japanese sun goddess, and most important Shinto deity; she is the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami and the sister of Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi, and Kagutsuchi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amaterasu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amaterasu” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Amaterasu is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/. Corpus data places it at rank #88,047 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Amaterasu, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu), from 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something”). The correct English form is Amaterasu, spelled A-M-A-T-E-R-A-S-U.
Definition
- 1The Japanese sun goddess, and most important Shinto deity; she is the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami and the sister of Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi, and Kagutsuchi.
- 2The Sun itself.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu), from 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something”).
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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Using “Amaterasu”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-M-A-T-E-R-A-S-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.