Marita
"marita" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Marita” is uncommon English (frequency #77,904 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,904
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marita · Marita · English
Marita · rank #77,904 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,904
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Marthe
Nearest frequency peer: Marthe (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Marita”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- marceline
marceline
22,101 corpus weight
- Marcelle
Marcelle
22,100 corpus weight
- marihuana
marihuana
22,099 corpus weight
- Marita
Marita
22,097 corpus weight
- Marthe
Marthe
22,096 corpus weight
- martinus
martinus
22,095 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Marita” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marita |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Marita” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Marita is uncommon English at frequency #77,904 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Marita, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita. The correct English form is Marita, spelled M-A-R-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
Etymology
Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).