Machtvakuum
[ˈmaxtˌvaːkuʊm]
The verdict
“Machtvakuum” is uncommon German (frequency #77,038 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,038
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Situation, in der eine Machtposition nicht ausgefüllt wird, wodurch unter Umständen (teilweise auch chaotische) Machtkämpfe um deren Neubesetzung oder eine allgemeine Neuordnung der Machtverhä...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machtvakuum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaxtˌvaːkuʊm] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Machtvakuum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Machtvakuum is uncommon German at frequency #77,038 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaxtˌvaːkuʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Situation, in der eine Machtposition nicht ausgefüllt wird, wodurch unter Umständen (teilweise auch chaotische) Machtkämpfe um deren Neubesetzung oder eine allgemeine Neuordnung der Machtverhä...".
Machtvakuum has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Machtvakuum, spelled M-A-C-H-T-V-A-K-U-U-M.
Definition
- 1eine Situation, in der eine Machtposition nicht ausgefüllt wird, wodurch unter Umständen (teilweise auch chaotische) Machtkämpfe um deren Neubesetzung oder eine allgemeine Neuordnung der Machtverhältnisse ausgelöst werden können
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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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Using “Machtvakuum”
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- The one correct German spelling is M-A-C-H-T-V-A-K-U-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.