Amberley

/ˈambəli/

//ˈambəli// name

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

The verdict

“Amberley” is uncommon English (frequency #77,399 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,399
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small village in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8501).

Corpus desk

Index EN-amberley · Amberley · English

Amberley · rank #77,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,399
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amaretto

Nearest frequency peer: amaretto (-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 “Amberley”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Amberley
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmberley
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈambəli/
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,399
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Amberley” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Amberleyfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “amaretto” (#77,398), “Americanization” (#77,400), “Amerindian” (#77,401). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Amberley” is #77,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Amberley is uncommon English at frequency #77,399 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈambəli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Amberley in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Amberley, spelled A-M-B-E-R-L-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small village in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8501).
  2. 2
    A small settlement in Marden parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5447).
  3. 3
    A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0313).
  4. 4
    A town in Hurunui district, North Canterbury, New Zealand.
  5. 5
    A rural community in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
  6. 6
    A village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
  7. 7
    A community in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

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 "Amberley"?
"Amberley" is spelled A-M-B-E-R-L-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈambəli/.
What does "Amberley" mean?
As a proper noun, "Amberley" means: A small village in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8501).
How do you pronounce "Amberley"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amberley" is /ˈambəli/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

amaretto#77,398aneurism#77,407armorial#77,422backfill#77,436

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list