mächtig
[ˈmɛçtɪç]
The verdict
“mächtig” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,914
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über Einfluss verfügend, Macht habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-machtig · mächtig · German
mächtig · rank #4,914 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,914
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Monats
Nearest frequency peer: Monats (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „mächtig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- mitunter
mitunter
95,089 corpus weight
- Monats
Monats
95,088 corpus weight
- mächtig
mächtig
95,087 corpus weight
- nachgewiesen
nachgewiesen
95,086 corpus weight
- neuesten
neuesten
95,085 corpus weight
- Neustadt
Neustadt
95,084 corpus weight
What this shows „mächtig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | mächtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɛçtɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „mächtig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mächtig (IPA [ˈmɛçtɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,914 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mächtig, with forms such as "mcähtig", "mmächtig", and "mäcchtig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mächtige", "mächtigen", "mächtiger", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mächtig, spelled M-Ä-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1über Einfluss verfügend, Macht habend
- 2beeindruckende, große Ausmaße oder Funktion habend
- 3etwas beherrschend
- 4sehr, viel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mächtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der mächtige Tyrann war über die Ländergrenzen gefürchtet.
Ich gehe zum Bäcker, ich habe einen mächtigen Hunger.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mcähtig
- mmächtig
- mäcchtig
- mächhtig
- mächitg
- mächtgi
- mächtigg
- mächttig
- mäcthig
- mähctig
- ämchtig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mächtig - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mächtig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).