machte

/[ˈmaxtə]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#780

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

machte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs machen Pronounced [ˈmaxtə]. It ranks #780 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mathe and Malte.

Key facts for machte
PropertyValue
Headwordmachte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmaxtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#780
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for machte is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaxtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #780 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for machte, with forms such as "amchte", "macchte", and "machet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mathe", "Malte", "Matte", 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 machte, spelled M-A-C-H-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs machen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs machen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs machen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs machen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amchte,macchte,machet,machhte,machtte,macthe,mahcte,mcahte,mmachte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for machte

Misspelling Variants of "machte"

amchte6macchte7machet6machhte7machtte7macthe6mahcte6mcahte6
Misspelling Variants of "machte"

Frequency rank: #780 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "machte"?
"machte" is spelled M-A-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaxtə].
What does "machte" mean?
As a verb, "machte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs machen
What words are commonly confused with "machte"?
"machte" is commonly confused with "Mathe", "Malte", "Matte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "machte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "machte" is [ˈmaxtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "machte" come from?
"machte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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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.