amble
/ˈæm.bəl/
"amble" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amble” is uncommon English (frequency #66,460 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,460
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amble · amble · English
amble · rank #66,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,460
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amortized
Nearest frequency peer: amortized (+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 “amble”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Allerton
Allerton
33,548 corpus weight
- allright
allright
33,546 corpus weight
- Alnwick
Alnwick
33,544 corpus weight
- amble
amble
33,541 corpus weight
- amortized
amortized
33,540 corpus weight
- Aoyama
Aoyama
33,535 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amble” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amble |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæm.bəl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amble” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amble is uncommon English at frequency #66,460 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæm.bəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
amble doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate. The correct English form is amble, spelled A-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
- 2An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
- 3That which follows the preamble, by analogy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
casual amble
The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street, looking around him with an expression of keen interest.
Etymology
From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.
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.
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