megrim
/ˈmiːɡɹɪm/
"megrim" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“megrim” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A headache; a migraine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-megrim · megrim · English
megrim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | megrim |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “megrim” in English
Rare enough to double-check
megrim is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for megrim in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium)… The correct English form is megrim, spelled M-E-G-R-I-M.
Definition
- 1A headache; a migraine.
- 2A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
- 3See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how megrim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.