Mamie
"mamie" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mamie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,322. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,322
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A diminutive of Mary or Mavis, also used as a formal female given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mamie · Mamie · English
Mamie · rank #44,322 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,322
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH malignancy
Nearest frequency peer: malignancy (-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 “Mamie”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- madmen
madmen
55,682 corpus weight
- Mahon
Mahon
55,681 corpus weight
- malignancy
malignancy
55,680 corpus weight
- Mamie
Mamie
55,679 corpus weight
- Mandel
Mandel
55,678 corpus weight
- marginaliza…
marginalization
55,676 corpus weight
What this shows “Mamie” 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 | Mamie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Mamie”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Mamie, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,322 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A diminutive of Mary or Mavis, also used as a formal female given name.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mamie, with forms such as "ammie", "maime", and "mamei". 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, "Mme", "Mie", "mate", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Mamie, spelled M-A-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of Mary or Mavis, also used as a formal female given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mamie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When they are used to express the affectionate regard of near friends and relatives they also may be pretty and appropriate, but they look very silly in a formal signature, and surely do not befit the dignity of womanhood. We had, for instance, among these 800 names scores of Minnies, Mamies, and only here and there a Mary, a much more euphonious as well…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammie
- maime
- mamei
- mammie
- mmaie
- mmamie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mamie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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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 (6 here; floor ≥5).