margin
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "margin", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "margin" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "margin" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
margin is aEnglishnoun. It means: The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc. Pronounced /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/. It ranks #4,537 in English word frequency. Often confused with Mari and Maria.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | margin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for margin is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,537 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for margin, with forms such as "amrgin", "magrin", and "marggin". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mari", "Maria", "Mario", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is margin, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- 2The edge or border of any flat surface.
- 3The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- 4A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- 5A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- 6The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- 7Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- 8That which is ancillary; periphery.
- 9The shape of the edge of a leaf.
Etymology
From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.
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Also misspelled as: amrgin,magrin,marggin,marginn,margni,marign,marrgin,mmargin,mragin
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Misspelling Variants of "margin"
Frequency rank: #4,537 in English
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