América

/[aˈmeɾika]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#735

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

América is aSpanishname. It means: 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... Pronounced [aˈmeɾika]. It ranks #735 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Arica and avería.

Key facts for América
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmérica
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[aˈmeɾika]
Letters7
Frequency rank#735
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for América is 7 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for América, with forms such as "ammérica", "amréica", and "améirca". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Arica", "avería", "Amerita", 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 América, spelled A-M-É-R-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 Atlántico al este.
  2. 2
    Ciudad que es cabecera del partido de Rivadavia, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ammérica,amréica,améirca,amércia,amériac,américca,amérrica,aémrica,maérica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for América

Misspelling Variants of "América"

ammérica8amréica7améirca7amércia7amériac7américca8amérrica8aémrica7
Misspelling Variants of "América"

Frequency rank: #735 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "América"?
"América" is spelled A-M-É-R-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈmeɾika].
What does "América" mean?
As a name, "América" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "América"?
"América" is commonly confused with "Arica", "avería", "Amerita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "América"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "América" is [aˈmeɾika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "América" come from?
"América" 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.