amor

/ɐ.ˈmoɾ/

//ɐ.ˈmoɾ// noun

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The verdict

“amor” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#274
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sentimento de gostar muito de outra pessoa ou coisa, de forma a querer e fazer o bem para essa pessoa, ser vivente ou mesmo coisa

Corpus desk

Index PT-amor · amor · Portuguese

amor · rank #274 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #274
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH escola

Nearest frequency peer: escola (+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 “amor”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “amor” 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).

amor vs ao
50% similar
amor vs ar
50% similar
amor vs ano
50% similar

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

Key facts for amor
PropertyValue
Headwordamor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈmoɾ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#274
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “amor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.amorcai 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 “escola” (#275), “sistema” (#272), “frente” (#276). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “amor” fica em #274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around amor (IPA /ɐ.ˈmoɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #274 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sentimento de gostar muito de outra pessoa ou coisa, de forma a querer e fazer o bem para essa pessoa, ser vivente ou mesmo coisa".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for amor, with forms such as "ammor", "amorr", and "amro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ao", "ar", "ano", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is amor, spelled A-M-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    sentimento de gostar muito de outra pessoa ou coisa, de forma a querer e fazer o bem para essa pessoa, ser vivente ou mesmo coisa

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver é ferida que dói, e não se sente, é um contentamento descontente, é dor que desatina sem doer."
  2. Aqueles a quem a idade ou o estado afastava do amor, e enfim os poucos de todas as idades e estados que eram es­cravos da mais terrível paixão, prestavam vassalagem ao jogo.

Antonyms

desamorindiferençaódio

This word in other languages

love(English)amor(Español)amour(Français)Liebe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammor
  • amorr
  • amro
  • aomr
  • maor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ammor1amorr1amro2aomr2maor2
Edit distance from "amor"

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 "amor"?
"amor" is spelled A-M-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈmoɾ/.
What does "amor" mean?
As a noun, "amor" means: sentimento de gostar muito de outra pessoa ou coisa, de forma a querer e fazer o bem para essa pessoa, ser vivente ou mesmo coisa
What words are commonly confused with "amor"?
"amor" is commonly confused with "ao", "ar", "ano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amor" is /ɐ.ˈmoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amor" come from?
"amor" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dele#261sair#290teve#293água#254

Similar misspelling depth

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

disso5 variantsdela5 variantspois5 variantssite5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list