amalgama

/[amalˈɣ̞ama]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,410

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

amalgama is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mezcla o conjunto de cosas con diferentes naturalezas. Pronounced [amalˈɣ̞ama]. Often confused with amargada.

Key facts for amalgama
PropertyValue
Headwordamalgama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[amalˈɣ̞ama]
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,410
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of amalgama in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for amalgama is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amalˈɣ̞ama]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,410 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mezcla o conjunto de cosas con diferentes naturalezas.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for amalgama, with forms such as "aamlgama", "amaglama", and "amalagma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "amargada", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is amalgama, spelled A-M-A-L-G-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mezcla o conjunto de cosas con diferentes naturalezas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aamlgama,amaglama,amalagma,amalgaam,amalgamma,amalggama,amalgmaa,amallgama,amlagama,ammalgama,maalgama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amalgama

Misspelling Variants of "amalgama"

aamlgama8amaglama8amalagma8amalgaam8amalgamma9amalggama9amalgmaa8amallgama9
Misspelling Variants of "amalgama"

Frequency rank: #33,410 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amalgama"?
"amalgama" is spelled A-M-A-L-G-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [amalˈɣ̞ama].
What does "amalgama" mean?
As a noun, "amalgama" means: Mezcla o conjunto de cosas con diferentes naturalezas.
What words are commonly confused with "amalgama"?
"amalgama" is commonly confused with "amargada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amalgama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amalgama" is [amalˈɣ̞ama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amalgama" come from?
"amalgama" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.