ampersat
/ˈæm.pə.sæt/
"ampersat" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ampersat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The at sign (@).
Corpus desk
Index EN-ampersat · ampersat · English
ampersat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ampersat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæm.pə.sæt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ampersat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ampersat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæm.pə.sæt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The at sign (@).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ampersat in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of ampersand + at. The correct English form is ampersat, spelled A-M-P-E-R-S-A-T.
Definition
- 1The at sign (@).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ampersat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Two weeks ago, Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called. […] In the UK, Tim Gowens offered the highly logical "ampersat" and the art historian Frances Marks suggested "Van Gogh's ear".
[…]there are users out there on the Internet right now who think that they possess an e-mail address containing neither an at-sign (@ often known as an "ampersat") nor a domain name.
Etymology
Blend of ampersand + at.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.