Maimonides
/maɪˈmɑnədiz/
"maimonides" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maimonides” is uncommon English (frequency #51,837 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,837
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A medieval Jewish philosopher.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maimonides |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /maɪˈmɑnədiz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maimonides” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Maimonides is uncommon English at frequency #51,837 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /maɪˈmɑnədiz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A medieval Jewish philosopher.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Maimonides in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Maimōnidēs, from Ancient Greek Μαϊμωνίδης (Maïmōnídēs), a translation of Hebrew בֵּן מַיְמוֹן (ben maymon) or Arabic اِبْن مَيْمُون (ibn maymūn), both meaning “son of Maymon”. The correct English form is Maimonides, spelled M-A-I-M-O-N-I-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1A medieval Jewish philosopher.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Maimōnidēs, from Ancient Greek Μαϊμωνίδης (Maïmōnídēs), a translation of Hebrew בֵּן מַיְמוֹן (ben maymon) or Arabic اِبْن مَيْمُون (ibn maymūn), both meaning “son of Maymon”.
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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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-I-M-O-N-I-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.