# maxima

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,129

## Definitions
1. A music note typically equal to two longae (eight semibreves).

## Etymology
From Latin maxima (“greatest”). Doublet of maxim.

## Easily confused with
- **Maxine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maxima-vs-maxine)
- **maximum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maxima-vs-maximum)
- **maximal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maxima-vs-maximal)
- **Maximus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maxima-vs-maximus)
- **mama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mama-vs-maxima)
- **maxi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maxi-vs-maxima)
- **Maia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-maxima)
- **maim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maim-vs-maxima)
- **Maria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maria-vs-maxima)
- **Mafia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mafia-vs-maxima)
- **mania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mania-vs-maxima)
- **maxim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maxim-vs-maxima)
- **mamma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-maxima)
- **magma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magma-vs-maxima)
- **Malia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malia-vs-maxima)
- **Manila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manila-vs-maxima)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marina-vs-maxima)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amxima`, `maixma`, `maxiam`, `maximma`, `maxmia`, `maxxima`, `mmaxima`, `mxaima`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maxima