mach
[max]
The verdict
“mach” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #687 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #687
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs machen
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 | mach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [max] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mach” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for mach is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [max]. Corpus data places it at rank #687 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs machen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mach, with forms such as "amch", "macch", and "machh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mc", "Mh", "man", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mach, spelled M-A-C-H.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs machen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amch,macch,machh,mahc,mcah,mmach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mach - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mach”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [max] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mc” - see the side-by-side comparison. mach vs Mc
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.