amicus
/aˈmiː.kus/
The verdict
“amicus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,576 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,576
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Amistoso, amigable, amable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amicus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /aˈmiː.kus/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amicus” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
amicus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,576 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /aˈmiː.kus/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
amicus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is amicus, spelled A-M-I-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Amistoso, amigable, amable.
- 2Grato, agradable, placentero.
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 “amicus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-I-C-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aˈmiː.kus/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.