Maghreb
/ˈmɑːɡɹɛb/
"maghreb" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maghreb” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,500
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-maghreb · Maghreb · English
Maghreb · rank #45,500 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,500
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mages
Nearest frequency peer: mages (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Maghreb”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lyricism
lyricism
54,504 corpus weight
- Madi
Madi
54,503 corpus weight
- mages
mages
54,502 corpus weight
- Maghreb
Maghreb
54,501 corpus weight
- mahjong
mahjong
54,500 corpus weight
- Malabar
Malabar
54,498 corpus weight
What this shows “Maghreb” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maghreb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑːɡɹɛb/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Maghreb”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Maghreb (IPA /ˈmɑːɡɹɛb/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,500 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maghreb, with forms such as "amghreb", "magghreb", and "magherb". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”), noun of place from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set, to go down”). The correct English form is Maghreb, spelled M-A-G-H-R-E-B.
Definition
- 1The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.
Etymology
From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”), noun of place from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set, to go down”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amghreb
- magghreb
- magherb
- maghhreb
- maghrbe
- maghrebb
- maghrreb
- magrheb
- mahgreb
- mgahreb
- mmaghreb
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maghreb - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Maghreb", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).