ameba
[aˈmeβ̞a]
The verdict
“ameba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,855 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,855
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Amoeba) Microorganismo unicelular, perteneciente al género Amoeba. Se desplaza creando extremidades temporales llamadas pseudópodos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ameba · ameba · Spanish
ameba · rank #65,855 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,855
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH altillo
Nearest frequency peer: altillo (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ameba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- allanando
allanando
34,149 corpus weight
- alternador
alternador
34,148 corpus weight
- altillo
altillo
34,147 corpus weight
- ameba
ameba
34,146 corpus weight
- amemos
amemos
34,145 corpus weight
- amortizado
amortizado
34,144 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ameba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ameba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈmeβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ameba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ameba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,855 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈmeβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Amoeba) Microorganismo unicelular, perteneciente al género Amoeba. Se desplaza creando extremidades temporales llamadas pseudópodos.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ameba in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ameba, spelled A-M-E-B-A.
Definition
- 1(Amoeba) Microorganismo unicelular, perteneciente al género Amoeba. Se desplaza creando extremidades temporales llamadas pseudópodos.
This word in other languages
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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