Amazonas

/[amaˈsonas]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,750

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Amazonas is aSpanishname. It means: Raza mítica de mujeres guerreras que habrían habitado el área del mar Negro. Pronounced [amaˈsonas]. It ranks #8,750 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Amazonía and amazona.

Key facts for Amazonas
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmazonas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[amaˈsonas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,750
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Amazonas is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amaˈsonas]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,750 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Raza mítica de mujeres guerreras que habrían habitado el área del mar Negro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Amazonas, with forms such as "aamzonas", "amaoznas", and "amaznoas". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Amazonía", "amazona", 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 Amazonas, spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raza mítica de mujeres guerreras que habrían habitado el área del mar Negro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aamzonas,amaoznas,amaznoas,amazoans,amazonass,amazonnas,amazonsa,amazzonas,ammazonas,amzaonas,maazonas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Amazonas

Misspelling Variants of "Amazonas"

aamzonas8amaoznas8amaznoas8amazoans8amazonass9amazonnas9amazonsa8amazzonas9
Misspelling Variants of "Amazonas"

Frequency rank: #8,750 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Amazonas"?
"Amazonas" is spelled A-M-A-Z-O-N-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [amaˈsonas].
What does "Amazonas" mean?
As a name, "Amazonas" means: Raza mítica de mujeres guerreras que habrían habitado el área del mar Negro.
What words are commonly confused with "Amazonas"?
"Amazonas" is commonly confused with "Amazonía", "amazona". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Amazonas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amazonas" is [amaˈsonas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Amazonas" come from?
"Amazonas" 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.