MRA

noun

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"mra" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“MRA” is uncommon English (frequency #50,085 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,085
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of men's rights activist.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mra · MRA · English

MRA · rank #50,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,085
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH MPN

Nearest frequency peer: MPN (-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 “MRA”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for MRA
PropertyValue
HeadwordMRA
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#50,085
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “MRA” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).MRAfalls 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: “MPN” (#50,084), “moxie” (#50,083), “mota” (#50,082). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “MRA” is #50,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

MRA is uncommon English at frequency #50,085 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for MRA, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is MRA, spelled M-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of men's rights activist.
  2. 2
    Initialism of mail retrieval agent.
  3. 3
    Initialism of mutual recognition agreement.
  4. 4
    Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. And while Esmay cites several instances of feminist “bullying” and “censorship,” the talk and user pages — which record disciplinary action against Wikipedians — suggest that most MRAs were banned for edit-warring (i.e., redoing the same changes over and over), for editing a topic with a conflict of interest, or for making personal attacks against other e…
  2. Finerenone, a nonsteroidal MRA, was among the drugs in the trials.

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 "MRA"?
"MRA" is spelled M-R-A.
What does "MRA" mean?
As a noun, "MRA" means: Initialism of men's rights activist.
What language does "MRA" come from?
"MRA" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

MPN#50,084NCP#50,093NHC#50,106MAV#50,063

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list