Mayes
"mayes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mayes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,054. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,054
- 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mayes · Mayes · English
Mayes · rank #46,054 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,054
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maulana
Nearest frequency peer: maulana (-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 “Mayes”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- masseuse
masseuse
53,951 corpus weight
- maulana
maulana
53,948 corpus weight
- Mayes
Mayes
53,947 corpus weight
- McAuliffe
McAuliffe
53,946 corpus weight
- Mello
Mello
53,945 corpus weight
- Mendocino
Mendocino
53,943 corpus weight
What this shows “Mayes” 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 | Mayes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Mayes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Mayes, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,054 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mayes, with forms such as "amyes", "maeys", and "mayess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mes", "mayo", "maze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: English surname, variant of May with genitival -s. The correct English form is Mayes, spelled M-A-Y-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
English surname, variant of May with genitival -s.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amyes
- maeys
- mayess
- mayse
- mayyes
- mmayes
- myaes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mayes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mayes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).