ambos

pron

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The verdict

“ambos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#819
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - os dois que foram enumerados anteriormente

Corpus desk

Index PT-ambos · ambos · Portuguese

ambos · rank #819 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #819
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alta

Nearest frequency peer: alta (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “ambos”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “ambos” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ambos vs amo
60% similar
ambos vs após
40% similar
ambos vs amor
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ambos
PropertyValue
Headwordambos
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#819
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ambos”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).amboscai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “alta” (#818), “aquilo” (#820), “vir” (#817). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ambos” fica em #819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ambos, apronoun. Corpus frequency is #819 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "os dois que foram enumerados anteriormente".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambos, with forms such as "abmos", "ambbos", and "amboss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "amo", "após", "amor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ambos, spelled A-M-B-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    os dois que foram enumerados anteriormente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ambos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Paulo é programador; Carlos é analista; ambos trabalham para o governo.

This word in other languages

both(English)ambos(Español)les deux(Français)beide(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abmos
  • ambbos
  • amboss
  • ambso
  • ammbos
  • amobs
  • mabos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ambos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abmos2ambbos1amboss1ambso2ammbos1amobs2mabos2
Edit distance from "ambos"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ambos"?
"ambos" is spelled A-M-B-O-S.
What does "ambos" mean?
As a pronoun, "ambos" means: os dois que foram enumerados anteriormente
What words are commonly confused with "ambos"?
"ambos" is commonly confused with "amo", "após", "amor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ambos" come from?
"ambos" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

banco#821união#815serem#812pagar#809

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

aquilo7 variantsPedro7 variantsporta7 variantssexta7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list