amo
[ˈamo]
The verdict
“amo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,233 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,233
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hombre que está a la cabeza o a cargo de algo, especialmente de una casa, hacienda. animal o familia.
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 | amo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈamo] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for amo is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈamo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,233 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for amo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "an", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is amo, spelled A-M-O.
Definition
- 1Hombre que está a la cabeza o a cargo de algo, especialmente de una casa, hacienda. animal o familia.
- 2Hombre que posee o es dueño (tiene potestad y autoridad sobre) algo.
- 3Respecto de sus criados o esclavos, hombre que era su propietario.
- 4Persona con gran influencia o predominio sobre otra u otras y sobre cuya voluntad puede mandar.
- 5Hombre encargado de administrar una hacienda (capataz, mayoral) o de cuidar a los niños (ayo) de una familia pudiente.
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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Using “amo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈamo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ay” - see the side-by-side comparison. amo vs ay
- 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.