Markey
/ˈmɑː(ɹ)ki/
"markey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Markey” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,180
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-markey · Markey · English
Markey · rank #47,180 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,180
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mandeville
Nearest frequency peer: Mandeville (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Markey”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- mab
mab
52,826 corpus weight
- Malayan
Malayan
52,824 corpus weight
- malfeasance
malfeasance
52,823 corpus weight
- Mandeville
Mandeville
52,822 corpus weight
- Markey
Markey
52,821 corpus weight
- massif
massif
52,817 corpus weight
What this shows “Markey” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Markey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ki/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Markey”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Markey (IPA /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ki/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,180 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Markey, with forms such as "amrkey", "makrey", and "mareky". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mary", "marks", "marry", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Marcaigh (“descendant of Marcach”), a byname from marcach (“rider, horseman, cavalryman”). The correct English form is Markey, spelled M-A-R-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Markey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Marcaigh (“descendant of Marcach”), a byname from marcach (“rider, horseman, cavalryman”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrkey
- makrey
- mareky
- markeyy
- markkey
- markye
- marrkey
- mmarkey
- mrakey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Markey - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Markey", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).