ambas
[ˈãmbas]
The verdict
“ambas” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,277
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Las dos. Forma del femenino de ambos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ambas · ambas · Spanish
ambas · rank #1,277 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,277
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH vienen
Nearest frequency peer: vienen (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ambas”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- similar
similar
98,727 corpus weight
- vemos
vemos
98,726 corpus weight
- vienen
vienen
98,725 corpus weight
- ambas
ambas
98,724 corpus weight
- argentino
argentino
98,723 corpus weight
- azul
azul
98,722 corpus weight
What this shows “ambas” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈãmbas] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ambas”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ambas (IPA [ˈãmbas]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,277 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Las dos. Forma del femenino de ambos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambas, with forms such as "abmas", "amabs", and "ambass". 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, "Amos", "aras", "Ames", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ambas, spelled A-M-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Las dos. Forma del femenino de ambos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abmas
- amabs
- ambass
- ambbas
- ambsa
- ammbas
- amvas
- mabas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ambas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ambas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).