Machterhalt
[ˈmaxtʔɛɐ̯ˌhalt]
The verdict
“Machterhalt” is uncommon German (frequency #69,480 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,480
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sicherung/Wahrung der Macht einer Person oder Organisation
Corpus desk
Index DE-machterhalt · Machterhalt · German
Machterhalt · rank #69,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,480
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Maat
Nearest frequency peer: Maat (-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 “Machterhalt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lungau
Lungau
30,524 corpus weight
- lyrischer
lyrischer
30,523 corpus weight
- Maat
Maat
30,522 corpus weight
- Machterhalt
Machterhalt
30,521 corpus weight
- Madras
Madras
30,520 corpus weight
- mahle
mahle
30,518 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Machterhalt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machterhalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaxtʔɛɐ̯ˌhalt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Machterhalt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Machterhalt is uncommon German at frequency #69,480 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaxtʔɛɐ̯ˌhalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sicherung/Wahrung der Macht einer Person oder Organisation".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Machterhalt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Machterhalt, spelled M-A-C-H-T-E-R-H-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1Sicherung/Wahrung der Macht einer Person oder Organisation
Synonyms
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 May 6, 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 "Machterhalt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.