mmh
"mmh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mmh” is uncommon English (frequency #74,324 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,324
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of mmm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mmh · mmh · English
mmh · rank #74,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,324
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH misdemeanour
Nearest frequency peer: misdemeanour (-2 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 “mmh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mickle
mickle
25,684 corpus weight
- Mima
Mima
25,681 corpus weight
- misdemeanour
misdemeanour
25,679 corpus weight
- mmh
mmh
25,677 corpus weight
- motored
motored
25,674 corpus weight
- mummificati…
mummification
25,670 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mmh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mmh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #74,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mmh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mmh is uncommon English at frequency #74,324 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of mmm.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mmh, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is mmh, spelled M-M-H.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of mmm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mmh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Another tricky moment for Lajovic going from 30-0 up to staring down at another break point. He toddles over to his bag to pull out another racket. That will do the trick. Mmh, perhaps not. He fires a reply long.
My cousin, “Mmh, is your O2 still at about or above 95 percent?”
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 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).