Maia

name

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The verdict

“Maia” is uncommon German (frequency #70,536 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,536
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine der sieben Plejaden und Mutter von Merkur; Maja

Corpus desk

Index DE-maia · Maia · German

Maia · rank #70,536 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,536
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Magisterarbeit

Nearest frequency peer: Magisterarbeit (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Maia“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Maia“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Maia
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,536
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Maia“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Maiafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Magisterarbeit“ (#70,535), „maior“ (#70,537), „Mafioso“ (#70,534). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Maia“ bei #70,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Maia is uncommon German at frequency #70,536 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der sieben Plejaden und Mutter von Merkur; Maja".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Maia, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Maia, spelled M-A-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine der sieben Plejaden und Mutter von Merkur; Maja

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Maia nemus retinens gravido concepit in alvo“ (Acc. poet. 1)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Maia"?
"Maia" is spelled M-A-I-A.
What does "Maia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Maia" means: eine der sieben Plejaden und Mutter von Merkur; Maja
What language does "Maia" come from?
"Maia" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

malm#70,540Lyle#70,528mela#70,563Klei#70,463

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list