MAV
"mav" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“MAV” is uncommon English (frequency #50,063 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,063
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of mature adult audience (“Strong Violence”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-mav · MAV · English
MAV · rank #50,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,063
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Matlock
Nearest frequency peer: Matlock (-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 “MAV”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Marche
Marche
49,941 corpus weight
- mastodon
mastodon
49,940 corpus weight
- Matlock
Matlock
49,939 corpus weight
- MAV
MAV
49,938 corpus weight
- McCown
McCown
49,937 corpus weight
- meritocracy
meritocracy
49,935 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “MAV” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MAV |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #50,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “MAV” in English
Rare enough to double-check
MAV is uncommon English at frequency #50,063 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for MAV in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is MAV, spelled M-A-V.
Definition
- 1Initialism of mature adult audience (“Strong Violence”).
- 2Initialism of Mars ascent vehicle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how MAV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) could tip over and they’d be stranded. Mark, now inside the Hab (the Mars Lander ‘Habitat’), says they should wait it out.
Antonyms
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
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