ama

[ˈama]

/[ˈama]/ noun

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The verdict

“ama” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,328) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,328
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer casada responsable del hogar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ama · ama · Spanish

ama · rank #2,328 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,328
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH altas

Nearest frequency peer: altas (-1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “ama”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “ama” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ama vs ay
33% similar
ama vs as
33% similar
ama vs an
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ama
PropertyValue
Headwordama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈama]
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “ama”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).amacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “altas” (#2,327), “apertura” (#2,329), “alcohol” (#2,326). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “ama” va en #2,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ama is neighbouring look-alikes ("ay", "as", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈama]. Frequency #2,328 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

ama has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "an", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ama, spelled A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mujer casada responsable del hogar.
  2. 2
    Criada encargada del resto de la servidumbre.
  3. 3
    Mujer que amamanta a un niño ajeno.
  4. 4
    Mujer encargada de criar y educar niños ajenos.
  5. 5
    Regenta de un prostíbulo.
  6. 6
    Esposa del amo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tenía en su casa una ama que pasaba de los cuarenta, y una sobrina que no llegaba a los veinte, y un mozo de campo y plaza, que así ensillaba el rocín como tomaba la podadera.

Synonyms

señoradueñaama de llavesnodrizaama de críaama de lecheayamaestranodrizamadama

This word in other languages

housewife(English)Hausfrau(Deutsch)

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ama"?
"ama" is spelled A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈama].
What does "ama" mean?
As a noun, "ama" means: Mujer casada responsable del hogar.
What words are commonly confused with "ama"?
"ama" is commonly confused with "ay", "as", "an". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ama" is [ˈama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ama" come from?
"ama" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ama", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sal#2,318haz#2,346gol#2,399art#2,234

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list