MDMA
"mdma" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“MDMA” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,404
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mdma · MDMA · English
MDMA · rank #35,404 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,404
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McNair
Nearest frequency peer: McNair (-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 “MDMA”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Maricopa
Maricopa
64,599 corpus weight
- McNair
McNair
64,598 corpus weight
- MDMA
MDMA
64,597 corpus weight
- meatloaf
meatloaf
64,596 corpus weight
- menial
menial
64,595 corpus weight
- mentorship
mentorship
64,594 corpus weight
What this shows “MDMA” 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 | MDMA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #35,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “MDMA”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around MDMA, anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,404 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for MDMA, with forms such as "dmma", "mdam", and "mddma". 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, "MM", "mom", "mum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is MDMA, spelled M-D-M-A.
Definition
- 13,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how MDMA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unlike many of its subsequent users, Shulgin did not find his MDMA experience transformative. For him the effect was like a particularly lucid alcohol buzz; he called it his "low-calorie martini."
A bit of folk wisdom from early cohorts of MDMA users advised against getting married within six weeks of one's first MDMA experience.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dmma
- mdam
- mddma
- mdmma
- mmda
- mmdma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of MDMA - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).