Mari
"mari" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mari” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,578) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #21,578
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mari · Mari · English
Mari · rank #21,578 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,578
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mani
Nearest frequency peer: mani (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “Mari”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- Lyndon
Lyndon
78,428 corpus weight
- MacArthur
MacArthur
78,426 corpus weight
- mam
mam
78,425 corpus weight
- mani
mani
78,424 corpus weight
- Mari
Mari
78,423 corpus weight
- Mateo
Mateo
78,421 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Mari” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | Mari |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Mari”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Mari is neighbouring look-alikes ("Mr", "mi", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #21,578 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Gloss: "An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mari, with forms such as "marri", "mmari", and "mrai". 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, "Mr", "mi", "may", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Akkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠 (ma-riᵏⁱ), from Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria. Also see Nûr-Mêr. The correct English form is Mari, spelled M-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠 (ma-riᵏⁱ), from Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria. Also see Nûr-Mêr.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- marri
- mmari
- mrai
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mari - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).