Maryam

/\ma.ʁjam\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,004

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Maryam is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom féminin. Pronounced \ma.ʁjam\. Often confused with maya and Mayas.

Key facts for Maryam
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaryam
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ma.ʁjam\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,004
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Maryam in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Maryam is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ʁjam\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,004 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Maryam, with forms such as "amryam", "maraym", and "marryam". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "maya", "Mayas", "Myriam", 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 French form is Maryam, spelled M-A-R-Y-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amryam,maraym,marryam,maryamm,maryma,maryyam,mayram,mmaryam,mrayam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Maryam

Misspelling Variants of "Maryam"

amryam6maraym6marryam7maryamm7maryma6maryyam7mayram6mmaryam7
Misspelling Variants of "Maryam"

Frequency rank: #43,004 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Maryam"?
"Maryam" is spelled M-A-R-Y-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁjam\.
What does "Maryam" mean?
As a name, "Maryam" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Maryam"?
"Maryam" is commonly confused with "maya", "Mayas", "Myriam". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Maryam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maryam" is \ma.ʁjam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maryam" come from?
"Maryam" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.