maritime
/ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/
"maritime" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maritime” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,581 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,581
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maritime |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maritime” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for maritime is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,581 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for maritime, with forms such as "amritime", "mairtime", and "mariitme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus. The correct English form is maritime, spelled M-A-R-I-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
- 2Bordering on the sea; living near the seacoast; coastal.
- 3Inhabiting the seashore; living coastwise; littoral. (distinguished from marine)
- 4Of or relating to a sailor or seaman; nautical.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amritime,mairtime,mariitme,maritiem,maritimme,maritmie,marittime,marritime,martiime,mmaritime,mraitime
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maritime - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “maritime”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-I-T-I-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.