miasma
/miˈæzmə/
"miasma" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miasma” is uncommon English (frequency #69,247 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,247
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-miasma · miasma · English
miasma · rank #69,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,247
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH microeconomics
Nearest frequency peer: microeconomics (+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 “miasma”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- meron
meron
30,757 corpus weight
- miasma
miasma
30,754 corpus weight
- microeconom…
microeconomics
30,753 corpus weight
- milady
milady
30,752 corpus weight
- minke
minke
30,751 corpus weight
- MMD
MMD
30,749 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “miasma” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miasma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /miˈæzmə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “miasma” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
miasma is uncommon English at frequency #69,247 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /miˈæzmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for miasma in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1665. From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain; pollution”). The correct English form is miasma, spelled M-I-A-S-M-A.
Definition
- 1A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.
- 2A noxious atmosphere or influence, an ominous environment.
Etymology
First attested in 1665. From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain; pollution”).
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 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.