amaños
[aˈmaɲos]
The verdict
“amaños” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,460 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,460
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumentos o herramientas a propósito para alguna maniobra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amaños |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈmaɲos] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amaños” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
amaños is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,460 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈmaɲos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumentos o herramientas a propósito para alguna maniobra.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for amaños, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is amaños, spelled A-M-A-Ñ-O-S.
Definition
- 1Instrumentos o herramientas a propósito para alguna maniobra.
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 “amaños”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-A-Ñ-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈmaɲos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.