amble
/ˈæm.bəl/
"amble" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amble” is an uncommon English word, ranked #66,460 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,460
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
| 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) |
Where “amble” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for amble is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæm.bəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #66,460 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “amble”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæm.bəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.