Machos
[ˈmat͡ʃos]
The verdict
“Machos” is uncommon German (frequency #70,533 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,533
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Macho
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmat͡ʃos] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Machos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Machos is uncommon German at frequency #70,533 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmat͡ʃos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Machos in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Machos, spelled M-A-C-H-O-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Macho
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Macho
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Macho
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Macho
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Macho
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 “Machos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-C-H-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmat͡ʃos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.