amparo

\amˈpa.ɾo\

/\amˈpa.ɾo\/ noun

The verdict

“amparo” is uncommon French (frequency #68,797 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,797
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Refuge, protection.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amparo · amparo · French

amparo · rank #68,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,797
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amygdale

Nearest frequency peer: amygdale (+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 « amparo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « amparo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amparo
PropertyValue
Headwordamparo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\amˈpa.ɾo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,797
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « amparo » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).amparotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « amygdale » (#68,798), « amarre » (#68,794), « anaphore » (#68,800). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amparo » est au #68,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amparo is uncommon French at frequency #68,797 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \amˈpa.ɾo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Refuge, protection.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for amparo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is amparo, spelled A-M-P-A-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Refuge, protection.

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 "amparo"?
"amparo" is spelled A-M-P-A-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is \amˈpa.ɾo\.
What does "amparo" mean?
As a noun, "amparo" means: Refuge, protection.
How do you pronounce "amparo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amparo" is \amˈpa.ɾo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amparo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amparo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list