Maritimes
/ˈmɛɹɪˌtaɪmz/
"maritimes" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maritimes” is uncommon English (frequency #57,549 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,549
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of Maritime provinces: A geographic region of Canada comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maritimes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛɹɪˌtaɪmz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maritimes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Maritimes is uncommon English at frequency #57,549 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmɛɹɪˌtaɪmz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Maritime provinces: A geographic region of Canada comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Maritimes, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Maritimes, spelled M-A-R-I-T-I-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Maritime provinces: A geographic region of Canada comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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 “Maritimes”
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-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɛɹɪˌtaɪmz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.