Maritza
"maritza" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maritza” is uncommon English (frequency #79,736 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,736
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name
Corpus desk
Index EN-maritza · Maritza · English
Maritza · rank #79,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,736
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Maronite
Nearest frequency peer: Maronite (+1 rank slots)
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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 “Maritza”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- maraschino
maraschino
20,270 corpus weight
- Marchi
Marchi
20,269 corpus weight
- Maritza
Maritza
20,265 corpus weight
- Maronite
Maronite
20,264 corpus weight
- Maryhill
Maryhill
20,263 corpus weight
- Maung
Maung
20,261 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Maritza” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maritza |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Maritza” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Maritza is uncommon English at frequency #79,736 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Maritza, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Maritza, a diminutive of: * María, from Marīa, from Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from מרים (miryām, “rebellion”); and * Marta, from Martha, from Μάρθα (Mártha), from מרתא (mārtā, “lady, mistress, ruler”), female counterpart of מרא (mārā, “lord, master, ruler”). The correct English form is Maritza, spelled M-A-R-I-T-Z-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name
Etymology
From Spanish Maritza, a diminutive of: * María, from Marīa, from Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from מרים (miryām, “rebellion”); and * Marta, from Martha, from Μάρθα (Mártha), from מרתא (mārtā, “lady, mistress, ruler”), female counterpart of מרא (mārā, “lord, master, ruler”).
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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