Amaya

name

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The verdict

“Amaya” is uncommon French (frequency #68,030 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,030
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Antique cité espagnole, de nos jours en ruine, située sur le territoire de Sotresgudo.

Key facts for Amaya
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmaya
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,030
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Amaya” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Amaya lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Amaya is uncommon French at frequency #68,030 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Amaya doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Amaya, spelled A-M-A-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antique cité espagnole, de nos jours en ruine, située sur le territoire de Sotresgudo.
  2. 2
    Village du même nom, situé dans la plaine, non loin de cette antique cité.

This word in other languages

Amaya(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Amaya"?
"Amaya" is spelled A-M-A-Y-A.
What does "Amaya" mean?
As a proper noun, "Amaya" means: Antique cité espagnole, de nos jours en ruine, située sur le territoire de Sotresgudo.
What language does "Amaya" come from?
"Amaya" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Amaya”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-M-A-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list