Mayr
[ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Mayr” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,353. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,353
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-mayr · Mayr · German
Mayr · rank #21,353 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,353
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mayo
Nearest frequency peer: mayo (-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 „Mayr“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- mager
mager
78,652 corpus weight
- manu
manu
78,651 corpus weight
- Marien
Marien
78,650 corpus weight
- mayo
mayo
78,649 corpus weight
- Mayr
Mayr
78,648 corpus weight
- Melancholie
Melancholie
78,647 corpus weight
What this shows „Mayr“ 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 | Mayr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mayr“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Mayr (IPA [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,353 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mayr, with forms such as "amyr", "mayrr", and "mayyr". 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, "my", "Mr", "mir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mayr, spelled M-A-Y-R.
Definition
- 1deutscher Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mayr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Familie Mayr zieht von Süddeutschland nach Österreich um.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amyr
- mayrr
- mayyr
- mmayr
- myar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mayr - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Mayr", 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).