Maytag
"maytag" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maytag” is uncommon English (frequency #69,235 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,235
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maytag · Maytag · English
Maytag · rank #69,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,235
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH matta
Nearest frequency peer: matta (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Maytag”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mastitis
mastitis
30,769 corpus weight
- matriarchal
matriarchal
30,768 corpus weight
- matta
matta
30,767 corpus weight
- Maytag
Maytag
30,766 corpus weight
- MBR
MBR
30,765 corpus weight
- meester
meester
30,763 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Maytag” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maytag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Maytag” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Maytag is uncommon English at frequency #69,235 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Maytag, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: * (surname): Americanized form of German Maitag. * (washing machine): The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag. The correct English form is Maytag, spelled M-A-Y-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
* (surname): Americanized form of German Maitag. * (washing machine): The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag.
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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