amazon
/ˈæm.əˌzɑn/noun
amazon is spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amazon means “A tall, strong, athletic woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of amazon is amazons.
How many letters and syllables are in amazon?
| Letters | 6: A-M-A-Z-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,725th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is amazon?
Amazon appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th 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 amazon?
- UK /ˈæm.ə.zən/
- US /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/
- US [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn]
Amazon has 3 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-Amazon.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Amazon_(company).wav, En-us-amazon.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of amazon
- amazons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amazon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tall, strong, athletic woman.
Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.
- 2
A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
- 3
An amazon parrot.
- 4
A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.
noun
- 1
A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
- 2
A female warrior.
- 3
A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
- 4
Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.
verb
- 1
To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.
Take the example of MetalSite.com, which is owned by steel companies. The steel companies aren't getting "Amazoned" by a start-up but, rather, they are doing the "Amazoning" within their own industry.
- 2
To order (something) on Amazon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amazon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Mythological female warrior:
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 amazon come from?
From Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).