Mayer

name

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"mayer" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Mayer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,194
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mayer · Mayer · English

Mayer · rank #13,194 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,194
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH marital

Nearest frequency peer: marital (-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 “Mayer”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Mayer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Mayer vs mer
40% similar
Mayer vs mayo
40% similar
Mayer vs maze
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Mayer
PropertyValue
HeadwordMayer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,194
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Mayer”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Mayerlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “marital” (#13,193), “madam” (#13,192), “Mackenzie” (#13,191). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Mayer” is #13,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Mayer, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,194 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mayer, with forms such as "amyer", "maeyr", and "mayerr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mer", "mayo", "maze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: * As an English surname, variant of Mear, from the noun mere (both senses). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English mire, a borrowing from archaic French mire (“physician”). Compare Myer. * Also as an English name, from the noun mayor. Compare May… The correct English form is Mayer, spelled M-A-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from German.
  2. 2
    A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
  3. 3
    A city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
  5. 5
    A town in northern Syria.

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Mear, from the noun mere (both senses). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English mire, a borrowing from archaic French mire (“physician”). Compare Myer. * Also as an English name, from the noun mayor. Compare Mayor, Mair. * As a German and Dutch surname, variant of Meyer, Myers. * Also as a Dutch surname, variant of Maijer, from the noun maaier (“mower, reaper”). * As a French Canadian surname, variant of Maille, itself of Breton origin, from the adjective maget (“nourished”), from Proto-Celtic *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amyer
  • maeyr
  • mayerr
  • mayre
  • mayyer
  • mmayer
  • myaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mayer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amyer2maeyr2mayerr1mayre2mayyer1mmayer1myaer2
Edit distance from "Mayer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mayer"?
"Mayer" is spelled M-A-Y-E-R.
What does "Mayer" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mayer" means: A surname from German.
What words are commonly confused with "Mayer"?
"Mayer" is commonly confused with "mer", "mayo", "maze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Mayer"?
* As an English surname, variant of Mear, from the noun mere (both senses). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English mire, a borrowing from archaic French mire (“physician”). Compare Myer. * Also as an English name, from the noun mayor. C... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mayer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

madam#13,192Lydia#13,190nanny#13,200piles#13,213

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

raced7 variantsfixes7 variantsSteele7 variantsbooty7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list