amatory
/ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/
"amatory" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amatory” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amatory · amatory · English
amatory · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amatory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amatory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amatory is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for amatory, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“I love”). The correct English form is amatory, spelled A-M-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amatory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]
In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.
Etymology
From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“I love”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.