# americano

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,057

## Definitions
1. A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
2. A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.

## Etymology
1970s, from Italian (caffè) americano or American Spanish americano (“American (coffee)”). Cocktail sense from Italian americano.

## Easily confused with
- **Americas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/americano-vs-americas)
- **America** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/america-vs-americano)
- **American** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/american-vs-americano)
- **Americana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/americana-vs-americano)

## Common misspellings (12)
`aemricano`, `ameircano`, `amerciano`, `ameriacno`, `americanno`, `americaon`, `americcano`, `americnao`, `amerricano`, `ammericano`, `amreicano`, `maericano`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/americano