Mafia
[ˈmafi̯a]
The verdict
“Mafia” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,642. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,642
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - organisierte Verbrecherorganisationen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mafia · Mafia · German
Mafia · rank #7,642 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,642
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Läufer
Nearest frequency peer: Läufer (-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 „Mafia“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- KV
KV
92,363 corpus weight
- kündigen
kündigen
92,362 corpus weight
- langjährige
langjährige
92,361 corpus weight
- Läufer
Läufer
92,360 corpus weight
- Mafia
Mafia
92,359 corpus weight
- Mutti
Mutti
92,356 corpus weight
What this shows „Mafia“ 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 | Mafia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmafi̯a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mafia“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Mafia (IPA [ˈmafi̯a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,642 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mafia, with forms such as "amfia", "mafai", and "maffia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mai", "Mia", "Mama", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Mafia, spelled M-A-F-I-A.
Definition
- 1organisierte Verbrecherorganisationen
- 2sizilianischer Geheimbund
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mafia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Heute wird sie geschunden von der ’Ndrangheta, der kalabresischen Mafia, und abgeschrieben von den Parlamentariern aus Rom.“
„Wer der italienischen Mafia die Stirn bietet, bekommt Silber, wer der russischen Mafia gewachsen ist, bekommt Gold.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amfia
- mafai
- maffia
- maifa
- mfaia
- mmafia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mafia - 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 "Mafia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).