Maya
[ˈmaːja]
The verdict
“Maya” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,126
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger eines indianischen Volkes mit hoch entwickelter Kultur in Mittelamerika
Corpus desk
Index DE-maya · Maya · German
Maya · rank #12,126 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,126
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Malta
Nearest frequency peer: Malta (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Maya“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- längsten
längsten
87,878 corpus weight
- magischen
magischen
87,877 corpus weight
- Malta
Malta
87,876 corpus weight
- Maya
Maya
87,875 corpus weight
- Medikamenten
Medikamenten
87,874 corpus weight
- Merkur
Merkur
87,873 corpus weight
What this shows „Maya“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maya |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaːja] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Maya“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Maya (IPA [ˈmaːja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,126 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Angehöriger eines indianischen Volkes mit hoch entwickelter Kultur in Mittelamerika".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maya, with forms such as "amya", "maay", and "mayya". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mia", "mea", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Maya, spelled M-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger eines indianischen Volkes mit hoch entwickelter Kultur in Mittelamerika
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gewiß kam jedem Maya nach seinem Ableben eine anständige Totenfeier und ein Begräbnis zu.“
Aus der nämlichen Vorzeit rühren die bedeutenden Ruinen in Palenque und in Yukatan (dem Reiche der Maya) her.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amya
- maay
- mayya
- mmaya
- myaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maya - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Maya", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).