Aymara
/ˌaɪ.mɑːˈɹɑː/
"aymara" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aymara” is uncommon English (frequency #68,839 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,839
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An indigenous people of South America.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aymara · Aymara · English
Aymara · rank #68,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,839
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH auk
Nearest frequency peer: auk (-2 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 “Aymara”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Assamese
Assamese
31,171 corpus weight
- asymptotica…
asymptotically
31,168 corpus weight
- auk
auk
31,164 corpus weight
- Aymara
Aymara
31,162 corpus weight
- Bandera
Bandera
31,155 corpus weight
- Bangui
Bangui
31,154 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aymara” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aymara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌaɪ.mɑːˈɹɑː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Aymara” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aymara is uncommon English at frequency #68,839 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌaɪ.mɑːˈɹɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An indigenous people of South America.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Aymara, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish aymara, possibly from Aymara or Quechua. Written attestations beginning with missionary grammars in the 1600s. The correct English form is Aymara, spelled A-Y-M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1An indigenous people of South America.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Aymara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Because the Aymara are hungry for a good contemporary dictionary, and because there are so many non-Aymara needing a good dictionary (as shown by the active international participation), this dictionary attracted a lot of attention.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish aymara, possibly from Aymara or Quechua. Written attestations beginning with missionary grammars in the 1600s.
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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