amble
/ˈæm.bəl/noun, verb
amble is spelled A-M-B-L-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amble means “An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of amble is ambles.
How many letters and syllables are in amble?
| Letters | 5: A-M-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amble?
Amble appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th 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 amble?
- /ˈæm.bəl/
Amble has 2 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-amble.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with amble?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as amble.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: blame, melba.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of amble
- ambles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ambling participle, present
- ambled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amble mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
slow amble
- 2
An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
- 3
That which follows the preamble, by analogy.
verb
- 1
To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
amble through the park
- 2
Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amble in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | amble , déambuler, ambler |
| German | gemächlicher Gang, Spaziergang , schlendern, flanieren, spazieren , Passgang |
| Portuguese | passeio, caminhada , passear |
| Spanish | deambular, ambular |
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 amble come from?
From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“to walk”). Doublet of ambulate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).