mmh

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"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “mmh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mmh
PropertyValue
Headwordmmh
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#74,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mmh” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).mmhfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “misdemeanour” (#74,322), “motored” (#74,327), “Mima” (#74,320). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mmh” is #74,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Alternative form of mmm.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mmh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mmh"?
"mmh" is spelled M-M-H.
What does "mmh" mean?
As an interjection, "mmh" means: Alternative form of mmm.
What language does "mmh" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mmh", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list