mayfield
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "mayfield", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "mayfield" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "mayfield" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Mayfield is aEnglishname. It means: A surname. Pronounced /ˈmeɪfild/. Often confused with midfield and Mansfield.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mayfield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /ˈmeɪfild/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Mayfield is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmeɪfild/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,160 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 37 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mayfield, with forms such as "amyfield", "mafyield", and "mayfeild". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "midfield", "Mansfield", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Mayfield, spelled M-A-Y-F-I-E-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A number of places in the United Kingdom:
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- 10A number of places in the United States:
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- 26A number of places in the United States:
- 27A place in Canada:
- 28A place in Canada:
- 29A place in Canada:
- 30A suburb in north-east Cork, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 7073).
- 31An area of Umzinto, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
- 32A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- 33A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- 34A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
- 35A suburb of the City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
- 36A rural settlement in Ashburton district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- 37A northern suburb of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amyfield,mafyield,mayfeild,mayffield,mayfiedl,mayfieldd,mayfielld,mayfiled,mayifeld,mayyfield,mmayfield,myafield
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mayfield
Misspelling Variants of "Mayfield"
Frequency rank: #26,160 in English
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