Martinmas

noun

"martinmas" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Martinmas” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - St Martin's Day, 11th November. A Scottish quarter day.

Corpus desk

Index EN-martinmas · Martinmas · English

Martinmas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for Martinmas
PropertyValue
HeadwordMartinmas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Martinmas” in English

Martinmassits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Martinmas is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "St Martin's Day, 11th November. A Scottish quarter day.".

Martinmas has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Martin + -mas. The correct English form is Martinmas, spelled M-A-R-T-I-N-M-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    St Martin's Day, 11th November. A Scottish quarter day.

Etymology

From Martin + -mas.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Martinmas"?
"Martinmas" is spelled M-A-R-T-I-N-M-A-S.
What does "Martinmas" mean?
As a noun, "Martinmas" means: St Martin's Day, 11th November. A Scottish quarter day.
What is the origin of the word "Martinmas"?
From Martin + -mas. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list