Amaterasu
/ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/
"amaterasu" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Amaterasu” is uncommon English (frequency #88,047 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,047
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amaterasu · Amaterasu · English
Amaterasu · rank #88,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,047
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amelioration
Nearest frequency peer: amelioration (+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 “Amaterasu”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- albuterol
albuterol
11,960 corpus weight
- alimentary
alimentary
11,959 corpus weight
- Amaterasu
Amaterasu
11,954 corpus weight
- amelioration
amelioration
11,953 corpus weight
- Amoy
Amoy
11,951 corpus weight
- anglicized
anglicized
11,948 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Amaterasu” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Amaterasu” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Amaterasu is uncommon English at frequency #88,047 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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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