Amaya
The verdict
“Amaya” is uncommon French (frequency #68,030 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,030
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antique cité espagnole, de nos jours en ruine, située sur le territoire de Sotresgudo.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amaya · Amaya · French
Amaya · rank #68,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,030
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amani
Nearest frequency peer: amani (-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 « Amaya »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alii
alii
31,974 corpus weight
- allergène
allergène
31,973 corpus weight
- amani
amani
31,972 corpus weight
- Amaya
Amaya
31,971 corpus weight
- amincisseme…
amincissement
31,969 corpus weight
- anagrammes
anagrammes
31,968 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Amaya » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amaya |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Amaya » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Amaya is uncommon French at frequency #68,030 among 6,727 “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
- 1Antique cité espagnole, de nos jours en ruine, située sur le territoire de Sotresgudo.
- 2Village du même nom, situé dans la plaine, non loin de cette antique cité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Amaya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
AMAYA. Bourg du Royaume de Léon, en Espagne. Amagia, Aregia. Il est entre la ville de Léon & celle de Burgos.
This word in other languages
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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