amazona

/[amaˈsona]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,725

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

amazona is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mujer que monta a caballo. Pronounced [amaˈsona]. Often confused with Arizona and armazón.

Key facts for amazona
PropertyValue
Headwordamazona
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[amaˈsona]
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,725
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for amazona is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amaˈsona]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,725 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for amazona, with forms such as "aamzona", "amaozna", and "amaznoa". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Arizona", "armazón", "Amazonas", and more, 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 amazona, spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mujer que monta a caballo.
  2. 2
    Mujer guerrera que, según la leyenda, se cortaba el pecho derecho para disparar mejor las flechas.
  3. 3
    Traje de falda muy larga que suelen usar las mujeres para montar a caballo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aamzona,amaozna,amaznoa,amazoan,amazonna,amazzona,ammazona,amzaona,maazona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amazona

Misspelling Variants of "amazona"

aamzona7amaozna7amaznoa7amazoan7amazonna8amazzona8ammazona8amzaona7
Misspelling Variants of "amazona"

Frequency rank: #45,725 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amazona"?
"amazona" is spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [amaˈsona].
What does "amazona" mean?
As a noun, "amazona" means: Mujer que monta a caballo.
What words are commonly confused with "amazona"?
"amazona" is commonly confused with "Arizona", "armazón", "Amazonas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amazona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amazona" is [amaˈsona]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amazona" come from?
"amazona" 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.