Merdeka
"merdeka" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Merdeka” is uncommon English (frequency #60,952 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,952
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malaysian independence day on August 31
Corpus desk
Index EN-merdeka · Merdeka · English
Merdeka · rank #60,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,952
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mercator
Nearest frequency peer: Mercator (-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 “Merdeka”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- McDaniels
McDaniels
39,053 corpus weight
- Mercator
Mercator
39,050 corpus weight
- Merdeka
Merdeka
39,049 corpus weight
- merrin
merrin
39,048 corpus weight
- Meru
Meru
39,047 corpus weight
- meshing
meshing
39,045 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Merdeka” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Merdeka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Merdeka” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Merdeka is uncommon English at frequency #60,952 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malaysian independence day on August 31".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Merdeka, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: From Malay merdeka. The correct English form is Merdeka, spelled M-E-R-D-E-K-A.
Definition
- 1Malaysian independence day on August 31
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Merdeka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Merdeka celebrations
Merdeka parade
Etymology
From Malay merdeka.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).