Maine

/[ˈmẽjn]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,220

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Maine is aSpanishname. It means: Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, situado en su costa noreste. Pronounced [ˈmẽjn]. Often confused with man and min.

Key facts for Maine
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaine
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈmẽjn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,220
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Maine in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Maine is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmẽjn]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,220 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, situado en su costa noreste.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Maine, with forms such as "amine", "maien", and "mainne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "man", "min", "mie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Maine, spelled M-A-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, situado en su costa noreste.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amine,maien,mainne,manie,miane,mmaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Maine

Misspelling Variants of "Maine"

amine5maien5mainne6manie5miane5mmaine6
Misspelling Variants of "Maine"

Frequency rank: #24,220 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Maine"?
"Maine" is spelled M-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmẽjn].
What does "Maine" mean?
As a name, "Maine" means: Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, situado en su costa noreste.
What words are commonly confused with "Maine"?
"Maine" is commonly confused with "man", "min", "mie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Maine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maine" is [ˈmẽjn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maine" come from?
"Maine" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.