Amistad
"amistad" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Amistad” is uncommon English (frequency #65,684 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,684
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amistad · Amistad · English
Amistad · rank #65,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,684
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alsatian
Nearest frequency peer: Alsatian (-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 “Amistad”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Akiko
Akiko
34,320 corpus weight
- aldehydes
aldehydes
34,319 corpus weight
- Alsatian
Alsatian
34,318 corpus weight
- Amistad
Amistad
34,317 corpus weight
- amylase
amylase
34,315 corpus weight
- anionic
anionic
34,314 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Amistad” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amistad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Amistad” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Amistad is uncommon English at frequency #65,684 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Amistad in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish amistad (“friendship”), inherited from Old Spanish amiztad, from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”). The correct English form is Amistad, spelled A-M-I-S-T-A-D.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
From Spanish amistad (“friendship”), inherited from Old Spanish amiztad, from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).
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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