mhm
/m̩ˈhm̩/
"mhm" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mhm” is uncommon English (frequency #53,699 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,699
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expressing agreement or affirmation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mhm · mhm · English
mhm · rank #53,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,699
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH metatarsal
Nearest frequency peer: metatarsal (-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 “mhm”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mesenchymal
mesenchymal
46,305 corpus weight
- Mesopotamian
Mesopotamian
46,304 corpus weight
- metatarsal
metatarsal
46,303 corpus weight
- mhm
mhm
46,302 corpus weight
- microstruct…
microstructure
46,301 corpus weight
- mikado
mikado
46,300 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mhm” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mhm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /m̩ˈhm̩/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #53,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mhm” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mhm is uncommon English at frequency #53,699 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /m̩ˈhm̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expressing agreement or affirmation.".
mhm has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Nasalized form of uh-huh, a form imitative of non-verbal sounds. The correct English form is mhm, spelled M-H-M.
Definition
- 1Expressing agreement or affirmation.
Etymology
Nasalized form of uh-huh, a form imitative of non-verbal sounds.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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