# Amos

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈeɪ.məs/ · frequency rank #15,327

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Hebrew.
2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
4. A surname.
5. A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

## Easily confused with
- **as** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-as)
- **ao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-ao)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-ass)
- **Amy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-amy)
- **amp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-amp)
- **ans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-ans)
- **AOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-aol)
- **AWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-aws)
- **APS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-aps)
- **AOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-aoc)
- **AMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-amr)
- **amt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-amt)
- **ATO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-ato)
- **ASO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-aso)
- **aro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-aro)
- **Avs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-avs)
- **arms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-arms)
- **arts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-arts)
- **asks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-asks)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-axis)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ammos`, `amoss`, `amso`, `aoms`, `maos`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/amos