maxima
noun
maxima is spelled M-A-X-I-M-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Maxima, the name). As a noun, maxima means “A music note typically equal to two longae (eight semibreves)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of maxima is maximae or maximas.
How many letters and syllables are in maxima?
| Letters | 6: M-A-X-I-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is maxima?
Maxima appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Maxima, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce maxima?
Maxima has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of maxima
- maximae plural
- maximas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maxima mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A music note typically equal to two longae (eight semibreves).
- 2
plural of maximum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Maxima in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does maxima come from?
From Latin maxima (“greatest”). Doublet of maxim.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).