Mariah
/məˈɹaɪə/
The verdict
“Mariah” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #22,086 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,086
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - variante anglófona de Maria
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 | Mariah |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈɹaɪə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mariah” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Mariah is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /məˈɹaɪə/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,086 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "variante anglófona de Maria".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mariah, with forms such as "amriah", "mairah", and "maraih". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "marsh", "marido", "Marion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Mariah, spelled M-A-R-I-A-H.
Definition
- 1variante anglófona de Maria
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amriah,mairah,maraih,mariahh,mariha,marriah,mmariah,mraiah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mariah - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Mariah”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-R-I-A-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /məˈɹaɪə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “marsh” - see the side-by-side comparison. Mariah vs marsh
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.