Amory
"amory" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Amory” is uncommon English (frequency #54,610 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,610
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amory · Amory · English
Amory · rank #54,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,610
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alyson
Nearest frequency peer: Alyson (-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 “Amory”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Altona
Altona
45,394 corpus weight
- alumna
alumna
45,393 corpus weight
- Alyson
Alyson
45,392 corpus weight
- Amory
Amory
45,391 corpus weight
- amplitudes
amplitudes
45,390 corpus weight
- Anatole
Anatole
45,389 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Amory” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Amory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Amory is uncommon English at frequency #54,610 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Amory in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”). The correct English form is Amory, spelled A-M-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Amory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worth while.
Etymology
Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).
This word in other languages
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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