Machenschaften

Name: Machenschaften, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈmaxn̩ˌʃaftn̩]

/[ˈmaxn̩ˌʃaftn̩]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Machenschaften” has 23 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,333
frequency rank, German: 3,571
“M” headwords: 23
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Machenschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-machenschaften · Machenschaften · German

Machenschaften · rank #20,333 · 23 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,333
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 23 variants
BOOK-MID 3,571
PHOTO-FINISH lösch

Nearest frequency peer: lösch (-1 rank slots)

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.

Luthers

79,671
Lv

79,670
lösch

79,669
Machenschaf…

79,668
magister

79,667
Magnet

79,666

What this shows „Machenschaften“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Machenschaften
Property	Value
Headword	Machenschaften
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈmaxn̩ˌʃaftn̩]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#20,333
Misspellings tracked	23
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Machenschaften“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Machenschaftenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#20,333

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „lösch“ (#20,332), „magister“ (#20,334), „Lv“ (#20,331). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Machenschaften“ bei #20,333. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around Machenschaften (IPA [ˈmaxn̩ˌʃaftn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,333 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for Machenschaften, with forms such as "amchenschaften", "macchenschaften", and "macehnschaften". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Machenschaften, spelled M-A-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N.

Definition

1
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Machenschaft
2
Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Machenschaft
3
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Machenschaft
4
Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Machenschaft

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amchenschaften
macchenschaften
macehnschaften
machencshaften
machennschaften
machenscahften
machenscchaften
machenschafetn
machenschafften
machenschaftenn
machenschaftne
machenschaftten
machenschatfen
machenschfaten
machenschhaften
machenshcaften
machensschaften
machesnchaften
machhenschaften
machneschaften
mahcenschaften
mcahenschaften
mmachenschaften

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Machenschaften - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Machenschaften"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Machenschaften"?

"Machenschaften" is spelled M-A-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaxn̩ˌʃaftn̩].

What does "Machenschaften" mean?

As a noun, "Machenschaften" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Machenschaft

What are common misspellings of "Machenschaften"?

Common misspellings include "amchenschaften", "macchenschaften", "macehnschaften", "machencshaften", "machennschaften". The correct spelling is "Machenschaften".

How do you pronounce "Machenschaften"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Machenschaften" is [ˈmaxn̩ˌʃaftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Machenschaften" come from?

"Machenschaften" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Machenschaften", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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