América
[aˈmeɾika]
The verdict
“América” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #735 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #735
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Continente que se extiende en el hemisferio occidental de la Tierra desde el océano Ártico por el norte hasta casi el océano Antártico por el sur, por el océano Pacífico al oeste, y por el océano A...
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 | América |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aˈmeɾika] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “América” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for América is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈmeɾika]. Corpus data places it at rank #735 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for América, with forms such as "ammérica", "amréica", and "améirca". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Arica", "avería", "Amerita", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 América, spelled A-M-É-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Continente que se extiende en el hemisferio occidental de la Tierra desde el océano Ártico por el norte hasta casi el océano Antártico por el sur, por el océano Pacífico al oeste, y por el océano Atlántico al este.
- 2Ciudad que es cabecera del partido de Rivadavia, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammérica,amréica,améirca,amércia,amériac,américca,amérrica,aémrica,maérica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of América - 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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Using “América”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-É-R-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈmeɾika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Arica” - see the side-by-side comparison. América vs Arica
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.