ampere

/ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/

//ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi// noun

The verdict

“ampere” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,665 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,665
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unidade de medida de corrente elétrica equivalente à passagem de 1 C de carga elétrica por um ponto em 1 segundo

Corpus desk

Index PT-ampere · ampere · Portuguese

ampere · rank #90,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,665
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH amistad

Nearest frequency peer: amistad (-2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “ampere”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ampere” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ampere
PropertyValue
Headwordampere
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,665
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ampere” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).amperecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “amistad” (#90,663), “apascentar” (#90,679), “atrofiar” (#90,699). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ampere” fica em #90,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ampere is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,665 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unidade de medida de corrente elétrica equivalente à passagem de 1 C de carga elétrica por um ponto em 1 segundo".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ampere, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ampere, spelled A-M-P-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    unidade de medida de corrente elétrica equivalente à passagem de 1 C de carga elétrica por um ponto em 1 segundo

Synonyms

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ampere"?
"ampere" is spelled A-M-P-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/.
What does "ampere" mean?
As a noun, "ampere" means: unidade de medida de corrente elétrica equivalente à passagem de 1 C de carga elétrica por um ponto em 1 segundo
How do you pronounce "ampere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ampere" is /ã.ˈpɛ.ɾi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list