maritime

Name: maritime, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/

//ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“maritime” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,581
frequency rank, English: 4,057
“M” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).

Corpus desk

Index EN-maritime · maritime · English

maritime · rank #7,581 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,581
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 4,057
PHOTO-FINISH marble

Nearest frequency peer: marble (-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.

lightly

92,424
linking

92,423
marble

92,421
maritime

92,420
melt

92,419
Monica

92,417

What this shows “maritime” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for maritime
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)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “maritime”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).maritimelands here:

#7,581

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “marble” (#7,580), “melt” (#7,582), “linking” (#7,578). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “maritime” is #7,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around maritime (IPA /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,581 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
2
Bordering on the sea; living near the seacoast; coastal.
3
Inhabiting the seashore; living coastwise; littoral. (distinguished from marine)
4
Of or relating to a sailor or seaman; nautical.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

maritime law
maritime insurance

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.

This word in other languages

marítimo(Español)maritime(Français)See-(Deutsch)marinho(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "maritime"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maritime"?

"maritime" is spelled M-A-R-I-T-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/.

What does "maritime" mean?

As an adjective, "maritime" means: Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).

What are common misspellings of "maritime"?

Common misspellings include "amritime", "mairtime", "mariitme", "maritiem", "maritimme". The correct spelling is "maritime".

How do you pronounce "maritime"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maritime" is /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "maritime"?

Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maritime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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