mystique
/mɪˈstiːk/
"mystique" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mystique” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,006
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mystique · mystique · English
mystique · rank #29,006 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,006
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Nanjing
Nearest frequency peer: Nanjing (+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 “mystique”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- motoring
motoring
70,998 corpus weight
- mott
mott
70,997 corpus weight
- mystique
mystique
70,995 corpus weight
- Nanjing
Nanjing
70,994 corpus weight
- narcotic
narcotic
70,993 corpus weight
- NDA
NDA
70,992 corpus weight
What this shows “mystique” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mystique |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪˈstiːk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mystique”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around mystique (IPA /mɪˈstiːk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,006 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mystique, with forms such as "mmystique", "msytique", and "mysitque". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French mystique (“a mystic”), from Latin mysticus. See also the doublet mystic. The correct English form is mystique, spelled M-Y-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mystique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
THE LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. By C. Hamilton Ellis. Ian Allan. 30s. [...] In an opening chapter entitled "Portrait", he ends by asking whether there was a mystique about the L.B. & S.C.
The mystique spelled out a choice—love, home, children, or other goals and purposes in life. […] The baby boom of the immediate postwar years took place in every country. But it was not permeated, in most other countries, with the mystique of feminine fulfillment.
Etymology
Borrowed from French mystique (“a mystic”), from Latin mysticus. See also the doublet mystic.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmystique
- msytique
- mysitque
- mysstique
- mystiqeu
- mystiqque
- mystiuqe
- mystqiue
- mysttique
- mytsique
- myystique
- ymstique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mystique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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