MMA
"mma" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“MMA” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,197) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,197
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of manual metal arc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mma · MMA · English
MMA · rank #13,197 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,197
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH multitude
Nearest frequency peer: multitude (+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 “MMA”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- marital
marital
86,808 corpus weight
- Mayer
Mayer
86,807 corpus weight
- MMA
MMA
86,804 corpus weight
- multitude
multitude
86,803 corpus weight
- muse
muse
86,802 corpus weight
- nanny
nanny
86,801 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “MMA” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | MMA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #13,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “MMA” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for MMA is neighbouring look-alikes ("my", "Mr", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #13,197 among 4,057 “M” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for MMA, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mr", "MS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is MMA, spelled M-M-A.
Definition
- 1Initialism of manual metal arc.
- 2Initialism of middle meningeal artery.
- 3Initialism of methyl methacrylate.
- 4Initialism of monomethylaniline.
- 5Initialism of microelectronic modular assembly.
- 6Initialism of master murabaha agreement.
- 7Initialism of mixed martial arts.
- 8Initialism of mastitis–metritis–agalactia.
- 9Initialism of mammalian meat allergy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how MMA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mark Zuckerberg shares photos from the hospital after undergoing knee surgery for a torn ACL suffered during MMA training.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "MMA" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "my". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #13,197 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.