# mammy

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,044

## Definitions
1. mamma; mother
2. In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.

## Etymology
From mam + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-may)
- **mmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-mmm)
- **many** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-many)
- **Mary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-mary)
- **mmmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-mmmm)
- **marry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-marry)
- **mommy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-mommy)
- **manly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-manly)
- **Marty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-marty)
- **mummy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-mummy)
- **manny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-manny)
- **momma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-momma)
- **Mandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-mandy)
- **Matty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-matty)
- **Marcy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammy-vs-marcy)
- **mam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mammy)
- **mama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mama-vs-mammy)
- **Macy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macy-vs-mammy)
- **mami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mami-vs-mammy)
- **maim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maim-vs-mammy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ammmy`, `mammyy`, `mamy`, `mamym`, `mmammy`, `mmamy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mammy