Mumbai
/mʊmˈbaɪ/
"mumbai" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mumbai” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,585
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mumbai · Mumbai · English
Mumbai · rank #7,585 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,585
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Monica
Nearest frequency peer: Monica (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Mumbai”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- maritime
maritime
92,420 corpus weight
- melt
melt
92,419 corpus weight
- Monica
Monica
92,417 corpus weight
- Mumbai
Mumbai
92,416 corpus weight
- nominee
nominee
92,415 corpus weight
- oath
oath
92,414 corpus weight
What this shows “Mumbai” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mumbai |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mʊmˈbaɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Mumbai”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Mumbai (IPA /mʊmˈbaɪ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,585 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mumbai, with forms such as "mmubai", "mmumbai", and "mubmai". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mumble", "mamba", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”) + आई (āī, “mother”). The correct English form is Mumbai, spelled M-U-M-B-A-I.
Definition
- 1A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mumbai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
Etymology
From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”) + आई (āī, “mother”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmubai
- mmumbai
- mubmai
- mumabi
- mumbbai
- mumbia
- mummbai
- ummbai
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mumbai - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mumbai", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).