amoral
/eɪˈmɔɹ.əl/adjective
amoral is spelled A-M-O-R-A-L: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “amoral vs immoral” about 2,900 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, amoral means “Done without consideration for morality or immorality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in amoral?
| Letters | 6: A-M-O-R-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amoral?
Amoral appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce amoral?
- UK /eɪˈmɒɹ.əl/
- US /eɪˈmɔɹ.əl/
- /eɪˈmɑɹ.əl/
Amoral has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-amoral.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with amoral
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with amoral?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amoral from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of amoral
- more amoral comparative
- most amoral superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amoral mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Done without consideration for morality or immorality.
- 2
Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amoral in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of acts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | amoralisch |
| Portuguese | amoral |
| Spanish | amoral |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does amoral come from?
From a- (“not”) + moral.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).