amla
"amla" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amla” is an uncommon English word, ranked #61,953 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,953
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Phyllanthus emblica, a deciduous tree.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amla” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for amla is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #61,953 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for amla, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Gujarati આમળું (āmaḷũ), from Sanskrit आमलक (āmalaka). Doublet of emblic. The correct English form is amla, spelled A-M-L-A.
Definition
- 1Phyllanthus emblica, a deciduous tree.
- 2the bitter yellow-green fruit of this tree.
Etymology
Borrowed from Gujarati આમળું (āmaḷũ), from Sanskrit आमलक (āmalaka). Doublet of emblic.
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 “amla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.