Macht
[maxt]
The verdict
“Macht” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #134
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Fähigkeit, auf andere Einfluss ausüben zu können, auch gegen deren Willen
Corpus desk
Index DE-macht · Macht · German
Macht · rank #134 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #134
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH wer
Nearest frequency peer: wer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Macht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Leben
Leben
99,869 corpus weight
- wer
wer
99,868 corpus weight
- Macht
Macht
99,867 corpus weight
- anderen
anderen
99,866 corpus weight
- Deutschland
Deutschland
99,865 corpus weight
- ihm
ihm
99,864 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Macht” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Macht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maxt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Macht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Macht (IPA [maxt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #134 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Macht, with forms such as "amcht", "maccht", and "machht". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mich", "matt", "Maut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Macht, spelled M-A-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit, auf andere Einfluss ausüben zu können, auch gegen deren Willen
- 2Institution, Organisation oder Person, die die Fähigkeit hat, auf andere, auch gegen deren Willen, Einfluss auszuüben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Macht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Staat hat die Macht, Gesetze zu erlassen.
„Macht korrumpiert, absolute Macht korrumpiert absolut.“ (Lord Acton)
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amcht
- maccht
- machht
- machtt
- macth
- mahct
- mcaht
- mmacht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Macht - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Macht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.