amba
"amba" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amba” is uncommon English (frequency #82,988 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,988
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amba · amba · English
amba · rank #82,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,988
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alvis
Nearest frequency peer: Alvis (-4 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 “amba”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- allergist
allergist
17,019 corpus weight
- aloo
aloo
17,018 corpus weight
- Alvis
Alvis
17,017 corpus weight
- amba
amba
17,013 corpus weight
- Angulo
Angulo
17,007 corpus weight
- Anju
Anju
17,005 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amba” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amba” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amba is uncommon English at frequency #82,988 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for amba in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Amharic ዐምባ (ʿämba). The correct English form is amba, spelled A-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.
Etymology
From Amharic ዐምባ (ʿämba).
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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