amparo

/[ãmˈpaɾo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,863

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

amparo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Institución que va encaminada a proteger la libertad individual o patrimonial de las personas cuando han sido desconocidas o atropelladas por una autoridad. Pronounced [ãmˈpaɾo]. It ranks #6,863 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with apuro and apagó.

Key facts for amparo
PropertyValue
Headwordamparo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ãmˈpaɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,863
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for amparo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãmˈpaɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,863 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for amparo, with forms such as "amapro", "ammparo", and "ampaor". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "apuro", "apagó", "amplio", 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 amparo, spelled A-M-P-A-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Institución que va encaminada a proteger la libertad individual o patrimonial de las personas cuando han sido desconocidas o atropelladas por una autoridad.
  2. 2
    Acción de amparar.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amapro,ammparo,ampaor,amparro,ampparo,amprao,apmaro,maparo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amparo

Misspelling Variants of "amparo"

amapro6ammparo7ampaor6amparro7ampparo7amprao6apmaro6maparo6
Misspelling Variants of "amparo"

Frequency rank: #6,863 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amparo"?
"amparo" is spelled A-M-P-A-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ãmˈpaɾo].
What does "amparo" mean?
As a noun, "amparo" means: Institución que va encaminada a proteger la libertad individual o patrimonial de las personas cuando han sido desconocidas o atropelladas por una autoridad.
What words are commonly confused with "amparo"?
"amparo" is commonly confused with "apuro", "apagó", "amplio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amparo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amparo" is [ãmˈpaɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amparo" come from?
"amparo" 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.