marihoochie

noun

"marihoochie" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“marihoochie” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marijuana.

Corpus desk

Index EN-marihoochie · marihoochie · English

marihoochie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for marihoochie
PropertyValue
Headwordmarihoochie
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “marihoochie” in English

marihoochiefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marihoochie is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marijuana.".

No misspelling variants are generated for marihoochie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is marihoochie, spelled M-A-R-I-H-O-O-C-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marijuana.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how marihoochie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And it's all because of those innocent little tokes on that pipeful of MARIHOOCHIE.
  2. Slowly I reach toward my cigarette pack for the marihoochie, […]

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marihoochie"?
"marihoochie" is spelled M-A-R-I-H-O-O-C-H-I-E.
What does "marihoochie" mean?
As a noun, "marihoochie" means: Marijuana.
What language does "marihoochie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list