Magyar
/ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/
"magyar" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Magyar” is uncommon English (frequency #50,055 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,055
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Uralic language of the Hungarians.
Corpus desk
Index EN-magyar · Magyar · English
Magyar · rank #50,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,055
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mahone
Nearest frequency peer: mahone (+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 “Magyar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lockyer
Lockyer
49,950 corpus weight
- looker
looker
49,949 corpus weight
- Magyar
Magyar
49,946 corpus weight
- mahone
mahone
49,945 corpus weight
- malady
malady
49,944 corpus weight
- Mantua
Mantua
49,942 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Magyar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magyar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Magyar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Magyar is uncommon English at frequency #50,055 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Uralic language of the Hungarians.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Magyar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”). The correct English form is Magyar, spelled M-A-G-Y-A-R.
Definition
- 1The Uralic language of the Hungarians.
Etymology
From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).
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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