Amery

name

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"amery" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Amery” is uncommon English (frequency #74,718 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,718
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-amery · Amery · English

Amery · rank #74,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,718
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amidships

Nearest frequency peer: amidships (+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 “Amery”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Amery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Amery
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmery
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Amery” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Ameryfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “amidships” (#74,719), “Alitalia” (#74,716), “Anat” (#74,720). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Amery” is #74,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Amery is uncommon English at frequency #74,718 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Amery, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Emery. The correct English form is Amery, spelled A-M-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in northern Manitoba, Canada.
  3. 3
    A rail siding and junction in Western Australia.
  4. 4
    A city in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.

Etymology

Variant of Emery.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Amery"?
"Amery" is spelled A-M-E-R-Y.
What does "Amery" mean?
As a proper noun, "Amery" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Amery"?
Variant of Emery. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Amery", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Albie#74,713Akiba#74,710axing#74,742Batra#74,755

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list