amparo
"amparo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amparo” is uncommon English (frequency #86,009 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,009
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In some Hispanic jurisdictions (such as Mexico) a writ or an appeal demanding or seeking the protection of constitutional rights similar to a habeas corpus acting as a remedy for the violation of a...
Corpus desk
Index EN-amparo · amparo · English
amparo · rank #86,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,009
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amitriptyline
Nearest frequency peer: amitriptyline (-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 “amparo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Amartya
Amartya
13,997 corpus weight
- Amhara
Amhara
13,994 corpus weight
- amitriptyli…
amitriptyline
13,993 corpus weight
- amparo
amparo
13,992 corpus weight
- aniseed
aniseed
13,990 corpus weight
- antediluvian
antediluvian
13,988 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amparo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amparo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amparo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amparo is uncommon English at frequency #86,009 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In some Hispanic jurisdictions (such as Mexico) a writ or an appeal demanding or seeking the protection of constitutional rights similar to a habeas corpus acting as a remedy for the violation of a...".
No misspelling variants are generated for amparo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish amparo. The correct English form is amparo, spelled A-M-P-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1In some Hispanic jurisdictions (such as Mexico) a writ or an appeal demanding or seeking the protection of constitutional rights similar to a habeas corpus acting as a remedy for the violation of a person's constitutional rights thereby invalidating any laws preventing said person from exercising them.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish amparo.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).