might
/maɪt/
"might" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“might” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #207. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #207
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
Corpus desk
Index EN-might · might · English
might · rank #207 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #207
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH keep
Nearest frequency peer: keep (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “might”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ever
ever
99,797 corpus weight
- family
family
99,796 corpus weight
- keep
keep
99,795 corpus weight
- might
might
99,794 corpus weight
- please
please
99,793 corpus weight
- put
put
99,792 corpus weight
What this shows “might” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | might |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɪt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “might”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around might (IPA /maɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #207 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for might, with forms such as "imght", "mgiht", and "migght". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "mit", "mint", "mist", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, … The correct English form is might, spelled M-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
- 2Physical strength or force.
- 3The ability to do something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how might appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]ſtrengthed with all myght, thꝛough his gloꝛious power, unto all pacience and long ſufferyng with ioifulneſſe[…]
This is the richest, the most powerful country which ever occupied this globe. The might of past empires is little compared to ours. But I do not want to be the president who built empires or sought grandeur or extended dominion. I want to be the president who educated young children to the wonders of their world.
Etymology
From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th. Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imght
- mgiht
- migght
- mighht
- mightt
- migth
- mihgt
- mmight
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of might - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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