machst

/[maxst]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,455

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

machst is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs machen Pronounced [maxst]. It ranks #1,455 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mast and Macs.

Key facts for machst
PropertyValue
Headwordmachst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[maxst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,455
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of machst in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for machst is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maxst]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,455 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs machen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for machst, with forms such as "amchst", "macchst", and "machhst". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Mast", "Macs", "Macht", 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 German form is machst, spelled M-A-C-H-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs machen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amchst,macchst,machhst,machsst,machstt,machts,macsht,mahcst,mcahst,mmachst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for machst

Misspelling Variants of "machst"

amchst6macchst7machhst7machsst7machstt7machts6macsht6mahcst6
Misspelling Variants of "machst"

Frequency rank: #1,455 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "machst"?
"machst" is spelled M-A-C-H-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [maxst].
What does "machst" mean?
As a verb, "machst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs machen
What words are commonly confused with "machst"?
"machst" is commonly confused with "Mast", "Macs", "Macht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "machst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "machst" is [maxst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "machst" come from?
"machst" is a German 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.