maye
"maye" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maye” is uncommon English (frequency #68,425 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,425
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of may.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maye · maye · English
maye · rank #68,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,425
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH McClendon
Nearest frequency peer: McClendon (+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 “maye”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Martinsburg
Martinsburg
31,580 corpus weight
- Matz
Matz
31,578 corpus weight
- maye
maye
31,576 corpus weight
- McClendon
McClendon
31,575 corpus weight
- McCready
McCready
31,574 corpus weight
- McGann
McGann
31,573 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maye” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maye |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maye” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maye is uncommon English at frequency #68,425 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of may.".
No misspelling variants are generated for maye in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is maye, spelled M-A-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of may.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.