mackintosh

[makɪntɒʃ]

/[makɪntɒʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“mackintosh” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weites Kleidungsstück mit Ärmeln, das mindestens bis zu den Knien reicht und wasserdicht ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-mackintosh · mackintosh · German

mackintosh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for mackintosh
PropertyValue
Headwordmackintosh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[makɪntɒʃ]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “mackintosh” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

mackintoshliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mackintosh is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [makɪntɒʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

mackintosh doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mackintosh, spelled M-A-C-K-I-N-T-O-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    weites Kleidungsstück mit Ärmeln, das mindestens bis zu den Knien reicht und wasserdicht ist
  2. 2
    wasserdichtes Gewebe, ursprünglich aus Baumwolle und Gummi

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mackintosh"?
"mackintosh" is spelled M-A-C-K-I-N-T-O-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [makɪntɒʃ].
What does "mackintosh" mean?
As a noun, "mackintosh" means: weites Kleidungsstück mit Ärmeln, das mindestens bis zu den Knien reicht und wasserdicht ist
How do you pronounce "mackintosh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mackintosh" is [makɪntɒʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mackintosh" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list