mitzvah
/ˈmɪts.və/
"mitzvah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mitzvah” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,198
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mitzvah · mitzvah · English
mitzvah · rank #34,198 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,198
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mingled
Nearest frequency peer: mingled (-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 “mitzvah”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- microchip
microchip
65,806 corpus weight
- Mikel
Mikel
65,805 corpus weight
- mingled
mingled
65,804 corpus weight
- mitzvah
mitzvah
65,803 corpus weight
- Mordor
Mordor
65,802 corpus weight
- muddled
muddled
65,800 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mitzvah” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mitzvah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪts.və/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mitzvah” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mitzvah (IPA /ˈmɪts.və/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,198 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mitzvah, with forms such as "imtzvah", "mittzvah", and "mitvzah". 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “a commandment”). The correct English form is mitzvah, spelled M-I-T-Z-V-A-H.
Definition
- 1Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
- 2An act of kindness, a good deed.
- 3A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mitzvah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She called Penansky regularly to remind her to observe the mitzvahs.
‘You heard about them pulling my license. That was indirectly Joel. Who, without meaning to, did me such a mitzvah.’
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “a commandment”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imtzvah
- mittzvah
- mitvzah
- mitzavh
- mitzvahh
- mitzvha
- mitzvvah
- mitzzvah
- miztvah
- mmitzvah
- mtizvah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mitzvah - 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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mitzvah", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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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.