Mahan
"mahan" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mahan” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,254
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mahan · Mahan · English
Mahan · rank #42,254 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,254
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maelstrom
Nearest frequency peer: maelstrom (-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 “Mahan”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- macular
macular
57,751 corpus weight
- madhouse
madhouse
57,750 corpus weight
- Madigan
Madigan
57,749 corpus weight
- maelstrom
maelstrom
57,748 corpus weight
- Mahan
Mahan
57,747 corpus weight
- Makati
Makati
57,746 corpus weight
What this shows “Mahan” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Mahan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Mahan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Mahan, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,254 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mahan, with forms such as "amhan", "maahn", and "mahann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "man", "mean", "main", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Macháin (“descendant of Machán”). The correct English form is Mahan, spelled M-A-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Macháin (“descendant of Machán”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amhan
- maahn
- mahann
- mahhan
- mahna
- mhaan
- mmahan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mahan - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Mahan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).