Mysore
/maɪˈsʊəɹ/
"mysore" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mysore” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #31,667 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #31,667
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large city, district, and division of Karnataka, India.
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 | Mysore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /maɪˈsʊəɹ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mysore” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Mysore is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /maɪˈsʊəɹ/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,667 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A large city, district, and division of Karnataka, India.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mysore, with forms such as "mmysore", "msyore", and "myosre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "more", "Moore", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: An anglicised version of Kannada ಮಹಿಶೂರು (mahiśūru, literally “abode of Mahisha”). Though in Sanskrit Mahisha means "buffalo", here it refers to Mahishasura, a mythological demon who could assume the form of both a human and a buffalo. According to Hindu my… The correct English form is Mysore, spelled M-Y-S-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A large city, district, and division of Karnataka, India.
Etymology
An anglicised version of Kannada ಮಹಿಶೂರು (mahiśūru, literally “abode of Mahisha”). Though in Sanskrit Mahisha means "buffalo", here it refers to Mahishasura, a mythological demon who could assume the form of both a human and a buffalo. According to Hindu mythology, the area was ruled by the demon Mahishasura. The demon was killed by the Goddess Chamundeshwari, whose temple is situated atop the Chamundi Hills. Mahishūru later became Mahisūru (a name which, even now, the royal family uses) and finally came to be called Maisūru, its present name in the Kannada language.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmysore,msyore,myosre,mysoer,mysorre,mysroe,myssore,myysore,ymsore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mysore - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Mysore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-Y-S-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /maɪˈsʊəɹ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “more” - see the side-by-side comparison. Mysore vs more
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.