maths
/mæθs/
"maths" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maths” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,397
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Clipping of mathematics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maths · maths · English
maths · rank #10,397 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,397
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH marrying
Nearest frequency peer: marrying (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “maths”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- liner
liner
89,608 corpus weight
- marched
marched
89,606 corpus weight
- marrying
marrying
89,605 corpus weight
- maths
maths
89,604 corpus weight
- mentioning
mentioning
89,602 corpus weight
- merge
merge
89,601 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maths” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | maths |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mæθs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maths” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around maths (IPA /mæθs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,397 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clipping of mathematics.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for maths, with forms such as "amths", "mahts", and "mathhs". 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, "matt", "myth", "mets", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Contraction of mathematics. The correct English form is maths, spelled M-A-T-H-S.
Definition
- 1Clipping of mathematics.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maths appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The conventional “commonsense” view now is that girls are conditioned both by family and teachers to believe that maths is a subject at which males excel, and that they believe they cannot be expected to comprehend its subtleties — so they don′t.
At age 10, Ian was based with the Grade 6 students but was allowed to take maths with Grade 10 – a four-year grade advancement.
Etymology
Contraction of mathematics.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amths
- mahts
- mathhs
- mathss
- matsh
- matths
- mmaths
- mtahs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maths - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maths", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.