margarita
/ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/
"margarita" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“margarita” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,641
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.
Corpus desk
Index EN-margarita · margarita · English
margarita · rank #19,641 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,641
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Maguire
Nearest frequency peer: Maguire (-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 “margarita”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Lyle
Lyle
80,363 corpus weight
- maga
maga
80,362 corpus weight
- Maguire
Maguire
80,361 corpus weight
- margarita
margarita
80,360 corpus weight
- McBride
McBride
80,358 corpus weight
- meddling
meddling
80,357 corpus weight
What this shows “margarita” 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 | margarita |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “margarita”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around margarita (IPA /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,641 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for margarita, with forms such as "amrgarita", "magrarita", and "maragrita". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "margherita", "Margaret", "margarine", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite. The correct English form is margarita, spelled M-A-R-G-A-R-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how margarita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the summer, he’s posted on the corner with his BMX sipping margarita from a styrofoam cup and in the winter he’s indoors with his PlayStation and blunt.
Etymology
From Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrgarita
- magrarita
- maragrita
- margairta
- margariat
- margaritta
- margarrita
- margartia
- marggarita
- margraita
- marrgarita
- mmargarita
- mragarita
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of margarita - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).