mth
/ɛmθ/
"mth" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mth” is uncommon English (frequency #63,095 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,095
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occurring at position m in a sequence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mth · mth · English
mth · rank #63,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,095
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH MSFT
Nearest frequency peer: MSFT (-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 “mth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Moskowitz
Moskowitz
36,910 corpus weight
- Moy
Moy
36,908 corpus weight
- MSFT
MSFT
36,907 corpus weight
- mth
mth
36,906 corpus weight
- multiyear
multiyear
36,905 corpus weight
- Nabisco
Nabisco
36,904 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛmθ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mth is uncommon English at frequency #63,095 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɛmθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Occurring at position m in a sequence.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mth, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From m + -th (ordinal suffix). The correct English form is mth, spelled M-T-H.
Definition
- 1Occurring at position m in a sequence.
Etymology
From m + -th (ordinal suffix).
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).