amparo
[ãmˈpaɾo]
The verdict
“amparo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,863 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,863
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Institución que va encaminada a proteger la libertad individual o patrimonial de las personas cuando han sido desconocidas o atropelladas por una autoridad.
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 | amparo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãmˈpaɾo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amparo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for amparo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amparo, with forms such as "amapro", "ammparo", and "ampaor". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "apuro", "apagó", "amplio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is amparo, spelled A-M-P-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1Institución que va encaminada a proteger la libertad individual o patrimonial de las personas cuando han sido desconocidas o atropelladas por una autoridad.
- 2Acción de amparar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amapro,ammparo,ampaor,amparro,ampparo,amprao,apmaro,maparo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amparo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “amparo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-P-A-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãmˈpaɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apuro” - see the side-by-side comparison. amparo vs apuro
- 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.