Amaterasu
\a.ma.te.ʁa.su\
The verdict
“Amaterasu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déesse du soleil dans la religion shintoïste, née de l’œil gauche de son père Izanagi. Jimmu le premier empereur hypothétique du Japon est donné comme étant son descendant en ligne directe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amaterasu · Amaterasu · French
Amaterasu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amaterasu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.ma.te.ʁa.su\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Amaterasu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ma.te.ʁa.su\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Déesse du soleil dans la religion shintoïste, née de l’œil gauche de son père Izanagi. Jimmu le premier empereur hypothétique du Japon est donné comme étant son descendant en ligne directe.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Amaterasu in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Amaterasu, spelled A-M-A-T-E-R-A-S-U.
Definition
- 1Déesse du soleil dans la religion shintoïste, née de l’œil gauche de son père Izanagi. Jimmu le premier empereur hypothétique du Japon est donné comme étant son descendant en ligne directe.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.