Maria
/məˈɹiːə/
"maria" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maria” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,031
- 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 female given name from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maria · Maria · English
Maria · rank #4,031 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,031
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH ministers
Nearest frequency peer: ministers (+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 “Maria”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- kills
kills
95,973 corpus weight
- liberty
liberty
95,972 corpus weight
- Maria
Maria
95,970 corpus weight
- ministers
ministers
95,969 corpus weight
- monitoring
monitoring
95,968 corpus weight
- occurs
occurs
95,967 corpus weight
What this shows “Maria” 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 | Maria |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /məˈɹiːə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Maria”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Maria (IPA /məˈɹiːə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,031 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maria, with forms such as "amria", "maira", and "marai". 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, "MIA", "MRI", "mark", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam. The correct English form is Maria, spelled M-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Hebrew.
- 2Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts.
- 3A surname originating as a matronymic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yet herein they come short of the monks and friars in their conceits of the word Maria; they have so tossed it and turned it, so anagrammatized and transposed it, that never were five poor letters so worried since time did put them into the alphabet.
By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.
Etymology
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amria
- maira
- marai
- marria
- mmaria
- mraia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maria - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Maria", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).