Amalia
\a.ma.lja\
The verdict
“Amalia” is uncommon French (frequency #53,756 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,756
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amalia · Amalia · French
Amalia · rank #53,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,756
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH altérés
Nearest frequency peer: altérés (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Amalia »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- allophones
allophones
46,248 corpus weight
- allégués
allégués
46,247 corpus weight
- altérés
altérés
46,246 corpus weight
- Amalia
Amalia
46,245 corpus weight
- amandiers
amandiers
46,244 corpus weight
- amarrer
amarrer
46,243 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Amalia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amalia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.ma.lja\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Amalia » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Amalia is uncommon French at frequency #53,756 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ma.lja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Amalia has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Amalia, spelled A-M-A-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amalia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aux heures les plus chaudes de ce vendredi 15 août, Amalia, 58 ans, est venue avec sa mère Monique, 76 ans, «constater la dégradation et [se] recueillir» dans ce jardin situé au cœur d’un quartier résidentiel tranquille, tout proche des berges de la Seine et de la mairie de la ville.
La princesse Catharina-Amalia, connue sous le nom d’Amalia, s’est blessée ce mardi 10 juin en chutant de cheval. Le palais royal néerlandais a confirmé qu’elle s’est cassé le bras et qu’elle était en train d’être opérée à l’hôpital.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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