Maccabi
"maccabi" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maccabi” is uncommon English (frequency #70,854 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,854
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Maccabee.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maccabi · Maccabi · English
Maccabi · rank #70,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,854
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH MacDowell
Nearest frequency peer: MacDowell (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Maccabi”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lunchroom
lunchroom
29,152 corpus weight
- lychee
lychee
29,151 corpus weight
- Lytham
Lytham
29,150 corpus weight
- Maccabi
Maccabi
29,147 corpus weight
- MacDowell
MacDowell
29,146 corpus weight
- machinima
machinima
29,145 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Maccabi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maccabi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Maccabi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Maccabi is uncommon English at frequency #70,854 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Maccabi has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Maccabi, spelled M-A-C-C-A-B-I.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Maccabee.
- 2A member of a Zionist youth movement established in 1929, promoting physical activity and sports among the Jewish people.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Maccabi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It suggested that the Israeli Week be scheduled for Hanuka (a Jewish festival commemorating the heroic stand of the Maccabis against the Roman conquerors) […]
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).