Mishnah
"mishnah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mishnah” is uncommon English (frequency #54,944 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,944
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).
Corpus desk
Index EN-mishnah · Mishnah · English
Mishnah · rank #54,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,944
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH misfire
Nearest frequency peer: misfire (-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 “Mishnah”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- midstream
midstream
45,060 corpus weight
- Minto
Minto
45,059 corpus weight
- misfire
misfire
45,058 corpus weight
- Mishnah
Mishnah
45,057 corpus weight
- mitotic
mitotic
45,056 corpus weight
- mone
mone
45,054 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mishnah” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mishnah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mishnah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mishnah is uncommon English at frequency #54,944 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).".
Mishnah has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”). The correct English form is Mishnah, spelled M-I-S-H-N-A-H.
Definition
- 1The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mishnah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Mishnah is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”).
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.
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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).