Mary Ann
"mary-ann" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mary Ann” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Hebrew.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mary Ann |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mary Ann” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mary Ann is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Mary Ann doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mary + Ann. The correct English form is Mary Ann, spelled M-A-R-Y- -A-N-N.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Hebrew.
- 2An imaginary character to whom the Sheffield Outrages were attributed.
Etymology
From Mary + Ann.
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.
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Using “Mary Ann”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-Y- -A-N-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.