Menominee
/məˈnɒməni/
"menominee" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Menominee” is uncommon English (frequency #66,088 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,088
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-menominee · Menominee · English
Menominee · rank #66,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,088
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH meningococcal
Nearest frequency peer: meningococcal (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Menominee”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- meany
meany
33,919 corpus weight
- meathead
meathead
33,918 corpus weight
- meningococc…
meningococcal
33,914 corpus weight
- Menominee
Menominee
33,913 corpus weight
- Michell
Michell
33,912 corpus weight
- mien
mien
33,910 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Menominee” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menominee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈnɒməni/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Menominee” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Menominee is uncommon English at frequency #66,088 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /məˈnɒməni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.".
Menominee doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin. The correct English form is Menominee, spelled M-E-N-O-M-I-N-E-E.
Definition
- 1A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.