mna
"mna" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mna” is uncommon English (frequency #59,556 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,556
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of mina (unit of weight).
Corpus desk
Index EN-mna · mna · English
mna · rank #59,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,556
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mlle
Nearest frequency peer: Mlle (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “mna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- missal
missal
40,447 corpus weight
- Mlle
Mlle
40,446 corpus weight
- mna
mna
40,445 corpus weight
- mola
mola
40,444 corpus weight
- moralistic
moralistic
40,441 corpus weight
- Mordred
Mordred
40,440 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mna is uncommon English at frequency #59,556 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of mina (unit of weight).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mna in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin mna or Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ). The correct English form is mna, spelled M-N-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of mina (unit of weight).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Four thousand Athenian cleruchs were settled on lands taken from the wealthiest Chalcidians, the prisoners taken from both Chalcidians and Boeotians were later ransomed at two mnai per person, and their fetters dedicated on the Athenian acropolis (5. 77. 1–2).
On hearing of an athlete’s consumption of two mnai worth of figs and six pints of wine at one sitting he exclaims, “Apollo, Horus, Sabazius!”
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mna or Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).
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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