Amerika
/əˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kə/
"amerika" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Amerika” is uncommon English (frequency #57,213 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,213
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - America, i.e. the United States of America; used to imply that the US is fascist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amerika · Amerika · English
Amerika · rank #57,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,213
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Andriy
Nearest frequency peer: Andriy (+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 “Amerika”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alexandrian
Alexandrian
42,792 corpus weight
- alhaji
alhaji
42,791 corpus weight
- Amerika
Amerika
42,788 corpus weight
- Andriy
Andriy
42,787 corpus weight
- ANP
ANP
42,786 corpus weight
- apotheosis
apotheosis
42,784 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Amerika” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amerika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Amerika” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Amerika is uncommon English at frequency #57,213 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /əˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "America, i.e. the United States of America; used to imply that the US is fascist.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Amerika, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Amerika, in imitation of the German-speaking Nazis. The correct English form is Amerika, spelled A-M-E-R-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1America, i.e. the United States of America; used to imply that the US is fascist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amerika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Steal This Book is, in a way, a manual of survival in the prison that is Amerika.
CARL WITTMAN From Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto 1969 If the gay liberation movement began on the East Coast with the Stonewall riots, it began on the West Coast with the publication of "Refugees from Amerika."
Etymology
From German Amerika, in imitation of the German-speaking Nazis.
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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