maiden voyage
"maiden-voyage" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maiden voyage” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The first trip of a vessel in its intended duty.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maiden voyage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maiden voyage” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maiden voyage is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The first trip of a vessel in its intended duty.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maiden voyage, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: See maiden (adjective). The correct English form is maiden voyage, spelled M-A-I-D-E-N- -V-O-Y-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1The first trip of a vessel in its intended duty.
Etymology
See maiden (adjective).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “maiden voyage”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-I-D-E-N- -V-O-Y-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.