Mississippi
/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
"mississippi" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mississippi” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,236
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A state of the United States.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mississippi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #5,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mississippi” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Mississippi (IPA /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,236 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mississippi, with forms such as "imssissippi", "misissippi", and "misisssippi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”). The correct English form is Mississippi, spelled M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.
Definition
- 1A state of the United States.
- 2A major river in the United States, flowing southward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imssissippi
- misissippi
- misisssippi
- missisippi
- missisisppi
- mississipi
- mississipip
- mississpipi
- misssisippi
- mmississippi
- msisissippi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mississippi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Mississippi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.