Amazonas

name

"amazonas" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Amazonas” is uncommon English (frequency #72,937 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,937
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus.

Corpus desk

Index EN-amazonas · Amazonas · English

Amazonas · rank #72,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,937
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Altuve

Nearest frequency peer: Altuve (-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 “Amazonas”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Amazonas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Amazonas
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmazonas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Amazonas” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Amazonasfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Altuve” (#72,936), “Amharic” (#72,939), “AMZN” (#72,940). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Amazonas” is #72,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Amazonas is uncommon English at frequency #72,937 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Amazonas has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese Amazonas and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon. The correct English form is Amazonas, spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus.
  2. 2
    A department of Colombia.
  3. 3
    A region of Peru.
  4. 4
    A state of Venezuela.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Amazonas and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Amazonas"?
"Amazonas" is spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-A-S.
What does "Amazonas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Amazonas" means: A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus.
What is the origin of the word "Amazonas"?
Borrowed from Portuguese Amazonas and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Amazonas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list