Machtwort
[ˈmaxtˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Machtwort” is uncommon German (frequency #58,986 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,986
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von einer einzelnen Person getroffene Entscheidung, die aufgrund deren Kompetenz, Autorität zwingend so angenommen werden muss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machtwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaxtˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Machtwort” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Machtwort is uncommon German at frequency #58,986 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaxtˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von einer einzelnen Person getroffene Entscheidung, die aufgrund deren Kompetenz, Autorität zwingend so angenommen werden muss".
Zero misspellings are on record for Machtwort in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Machtwort, spelled M-A-C-H-T-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1von einer einzelnen Person getroffene Entscheidung, die aufgrund deren Kompetenz, Autorität zwingend so angenommen werden muss
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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 “Machtwort”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-C-H-T-W-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaxtˌvɔʁt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.