ambrosia

noun

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The verdict

“ambrosia” is uncommon French (frequency #98,722 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,722
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ambroisie, nourriture des dieux.

Key facts for ambrosia
PropertyValue
Headwordambrosia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,722
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ambrosia” 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). ambrosia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

ambrosia is uncommon French at frequency #98,722 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ambrosia, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented 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 ambrosia, spelled A-M-B-R-O-S-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ambroisie, nourriture des dieux.
  2. 2
    Onguent parfumé pour oindre le corps.
  3. 3
    Antidote contre le poison.
  4. 4
    Botrys.

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 "ambrosia"?
"ambrosia" is spelled A-M-B-R-O-S-I-A.
What does "ambrosia" mean?
As a noun, "ambrosia" means: Ambroisie, nourriture des dieux.
What language does "ambrosia" come from?
"ambrosia" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “ambrosia”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-M-B-R-O-S-I-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