Maximus
"maximus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maximus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,924. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,924
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maximus · Maximus · English
Maximus · rank #27,924 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,924
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Matthias
Nearest frequency peer: Matthias (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Maximus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Marlowe
Marlowe
72,083 corpus weight
- Matthias
Matthias
72,078 corpus weight
- Maximus
Maximus
72,077 corpus weight
- Mays
Mays
72,076 corpus weight
- metamorphos…
metamorphosis
72,073 corpus weight
- methodologi…
methodological
72,072 corpus weight
What this shows “Maximus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Maximus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Maximus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Maximus, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,924 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male given name.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maximus, with forms such as "amximus", "maixmus", and "maximmus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "maxim", "Marius", "maxima", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Maximus. The correct English form is Maximus, spelled M-A-X-I-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maximus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Maximus Byzantinus. Contemporary with Maximus of Ephesus: Socrates H. E. III. 1 Μάξιμος ὁ φιλόσοφος, οὐχ ὁ Βυζάντιος ὁ Εὐκλείδου πατὴρ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ᾿Εφέσιος. Speaking of cir. A. D. 350. These two Maximi are confounded by Suidas p. 2396 BC.
[S]ix have references to other names, and then there are twenty-four different days of commemoration. The catalogue of Maximuses, of whom they are sixty-two recorded, is on a similar plan.
Etymology
From Latin Maximus.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amximus
- maixmus
- maximmus
- maximsu
- maximuss
- maxiums
- maxmius
- maxximus
- mmaximus
- mxaimus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maximus - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).