ambrosia
/æmˈbɹoʊʒə/
"ambrosia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ambrosia” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #44,056 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,056
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambrosia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æmˈbɹoʊʒə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ambrosia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ambrosia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /æmˈbɹoʊʒə/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,056 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambrosia, with forms such as "abmrosia", "ambbrosia", and "amborsia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ambrose", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”). The correct English form is ambrosia, spelled A-M-B-R-O-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
- 2The anointing-oil of the gods.
- 3Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
- 4Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
- 5An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
- 6A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
- 7Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
- 8A dessert originating in the Southern United States made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.
- 9A plant of the genus Ambrosia.
Etymology
From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abmrosia,ambbrosia,amborsia,ambroisa,ambrosai,ambrossia,ambrrosia,ambrsoia,ammbrosia,amrbosia,mabrosia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ambrosia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “ambrosia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-B-R-O-S-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /æmˈbɹoʊʒə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ambrose” - see the side-by-side comparison. ambrosia vs Ambrose
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.