maiko
"maiko" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maiko” is uncommon English (frequency #87,518 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,518
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An apprentice geisha.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maiko · maiko · English
maiko · rank #87,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,518
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH magnetics
Nearest frequency peer: magnetics (-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 “maiko”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- magnetics
magnetics
12,484 corpus weight
- maiko
maiko
12,483 corpus weight
- maillot
maillot
12,482 corpus weight
- makerspace
makerspace
12,481 corpus weight
- malar
malar
12,480 corpus weight
- malthouse
malthouse
12,479 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “maiko” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maiko |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “maiko” in English
Rare enough to double-check
maiko is uncommon English at frequency #87,518 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An apprentice geisha.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maiko, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 舞妓 (maiko, literally “dancing child”). The correct English form is maiko, spelled M-A-I-K-O.
Definition
- 1An apprentice geisha.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maiko appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is our pleasure to introduce a new maiko.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 舞妓 (maiko, literally “dancing child”).
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).