amamanta
[amaˈmãn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“amamanta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,858 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,858
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de amamantar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amamanta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [amaˈmãn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amamanta” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
amamanta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,858 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [amaˈmãn̪t̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for amamanta in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 amamanta, spelled A-M-A-M-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de amamantar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de amamantar.
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.
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Using “amamanta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-A-M-A-N-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [amaˈmãn̪t̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.