Maryville

name

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

The verdict

“Maryville” is uncommon English (frequency #58,178 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,178
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Corpus desk

Index EN-maryville · Maryville · English

Maryville · rank #58,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,178
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH marshalling

Nearest frequency peer: marshalling (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “Maryville”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Maryville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Maryville
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaryville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,178
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Maryville” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Maryvillefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “marshalling” (#58,177), “masochism” (#58,180), “Mathur” (#58,181). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Maryville” is #58,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Maryville is uncommon English at frequency #58,178 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Maryville in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Mary + -ville. The correct English form is Maryville, spelled M-A-R-Y-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. 2
    A hamlet and major motorway interchange in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.
  3. 3
    A former settlement in the city of Mesa, Arizona, United States.
  4. 4
    A village in Madison County, Illinois, United States.
  5. 5
    Another name for Porterville, an unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States.
  6. 6
    A city, the county seat of Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.
  7. 7
    A city, the county seat of Blount County, Tennessee, United States.

Etymology

From Mary + -ville.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Maryville"?
"Maryville" is spelled M-A-R-Y-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Maryville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Maryville" means: An inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
What is the origin of the word "Maryville"?
From Mary + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Maryville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

masochism#58,180McAlister#58,186Lyndhurst#58,166Mendelson#58,193

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list