CMV
"cmv" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CMV” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #46,987) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #46,987
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of cytomegalovirus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cmv · CMV · English
CMV · rank #46,987 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,987
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH clumsily
Nearest frequency peer: clumsily (-1 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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “CMV”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- clenching
clenching
53,016 corpus weight
- clumsily
clumsily
53,015 corpus weight
- CMV
CMV
53,014 corpus weight
- codename
codename
53,013 corpus weight
- cofounder
cofounder
53,012 corpus weight
- collectives
collectives
53,011 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “CMV” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | CMV |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #46,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “CMV”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for CMV is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "CT", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #46,987 among 5,599 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
CMV doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "CT", "CR", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is CMV, spelled C-M-V.
Definition
- 1Initialism of cytomegalovirus.
- 2Initialism of cucumber mosaic virus.
- 3Initialism of commercial motor vehicle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CMV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead to blindness within weeks.
All CMV drivers will now be required to complete a two-part ELP assessment during a roadside inspection, if there is a reasonable concern regarding their ability to communicate safely and effectively in English
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).