Charmaine
"charmaine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Charmaine” is uncommon English (frequency #52,850 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,850
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name originating as a coinage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-charmaine · Charmaine · English
Charmaine · rank #52,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,850
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH centerline
Nearest frequency peer: centerline (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Charmaine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- CDI
CDI
47,154 corpus weight
- centerline
centerline
47,153 corpus weight
- Charmaine
Charmaine
47,151 corpus weight
- Chianti
Chianti
47,146 corpus weight
- Chicagoland
Chicagoland
47,145 corpus weight
- chickpea
chickpea
47,144 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Charmaine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Charmaine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Charmaine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Charmaine is uncommon English at frequency #52,850 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name originating as a coinage.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Charmaine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: 20th century variant of Charmian, or coinage from the noun charm with the -aine ending as in Elaine and Germaine. The correct English form is Charmaine, spelled C-H-A-R-M-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name originating as a coinage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Charmaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wonder why you keep me waiting / Charmaine, my Charmaine / Rise in vain
Etymology
20th century variant of Charmian, or coinage from the noun charm with the -aine ending as in Elaine and Germaine.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).