amar

[aˈmaɾ]

/[aˈmaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“amar” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,301) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,301
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentir amor por alguien o algo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-amar · amar · Spanish

amar · rank #4,301 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,301
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH altamente

Nearest frequency peer: altamente (-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 “amar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “amar” 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).

amar vs amo
50% similar
amar vs Ana
25% similar
amar vs Amy
25% similar

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

Key facts for amar
PropertyValue
Headwordamar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aˈmaɾ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,301
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “amar”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.amarcae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “altamente” (#4,300), “alegre” (#4,299), “Aves” (#4,303). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “amar” va en #4,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for amar is neighbouring look-alikes ("amo", "Ana", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [aˈmaɾ]. Frequency #4,301 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Sentir amor por alguien o algo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for amar, with forms such as "aamr", "amarr", and "ammar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "amo", "Ana", "Amy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is amar, spelled A-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentir amor por alguien o algo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Amó a la ninfa Siringa, quien no le correspondía.
  2. Francisco Pérez Pérez fue un hombre de honor que amó y comprendió al pueblo saharaui.

Synonyms

desearquereradorarestimarapreciargustar

This word in other languages

love(English)aimer(Français)lieben(Deutsch)amar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamr
  • amarr
  • ammar
  • maar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aamr2amarr1ammar1maar2
Edit distance from "amar"

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 "amar"?
"amar" is spelled A-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈmaɾ].
What does "amar" mean?
As a verb, "amar" means: Sentir amor por alguien o algo.
What words are commonly confused with "amar"?
"amar" is commonly confused with "amo", "Ana", "Amy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amar" is [aˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amar" come from?
"amar" 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 "amar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aves#4,303fifa#4,338love#4,262joda#4,349

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list