Mafioso
"mafioso" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mafioso” is uncommon English (frequency #67,613 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,613
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of the Mafia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mafioso · Mafioso · English
Mafioso · rank #67,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,613
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH magnetometer
Nearest frequency peer: magnetometer (+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 “Mafioso”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- macadam
macadam
32,391 corpus weight
- Mafioso
Mafioso
32,388 corpus weight
- magnetometer
magnetometer
32,387 corpus weight
- Magnitsky
Magnitsky
32,386 corpus weight
- mahalo
mahalo
32,385 corpus weight
- Malema
Malema
32,382 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mafioso” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mafioso |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mafioso” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mafioso is uncommon English at frequency #67,613 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Mafioso has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian mafioso, from Sicilian mafiusu. The correct English form is Mafioso, spelled M-A-F-I-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1A member of the Mafia.
- 2A member of the Mafia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mafioso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Phil put his arms around him. Drew him in close, pressed his cheek to Dane's the way the Mafiosi in the fifties would kiss somebody right before they punched his ticket.
“Sometimes, I swear you have no idea about the concept of money. Only you could give a one-of-a-kind ring to a female Mafioso, so casually.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mafioso, from Sicilian mafiusu.
This word in other languages
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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