amor
[aˈmoɾ]
The verdict
“amor” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #316
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentimiento afectivo de atracción, unión y afinidad que se experimenta hacia una persona, animal o cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-amor · amor · Spanish
amor · rank #316 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #316
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH algún
Nearest frequency peer: algún (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “amor”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- realidad
realidad
99,688 corpus weight
- the
the
99,687 corpus weight
- algún
algún
99,686 corpus weight
- amor
amor
99,685 corpus weight
- dicho
dicho
99,684 corpus weight
- eran
eran
99,683 corpus weight
What this shows “amor” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | amor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈmoɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “amor”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around amor (IPA [aˈmoɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #316 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amor, with forms such as "ammor", "amorr", and "amro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ao", "año", "Amy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is amor, spelled A-M-O-R.
Definition
- 1Sentimiento afectivo de atracción, unión y afinidad que se experimenta hacia una persona, animal o cosa.
- 2Sentimiento de desear el bien y de tratar con suavidad o esmero.
- 3Tratamiento para la persona amada (vocativo), y la persona amada misma.
- 4Deseo, atracción, apetito o intercambio de tipo sexual.
- 5Dedicación, cuidado y goce en una actividad u obra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aunque sea el fin del amor Yo he visto el fin del disfraz Yo quiero el fin del dolor Pero no hay fin, siempre hay más
Darme quiere Lisardo por el mi manso un choto para llevarlo en don a sus amores: yo para ti lo guardo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammor
- amorr
- amro
- aomr
- maor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).