magazine

[ma.ɡa.zin]

/[ma.ɡa.zin]/ noun

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The verdict

“magazine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,899
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Magazin, die Illustrierte

Corpus desk

Index DE-magazine · magazine · German

magazine · rank #10,899 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,899
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Medikament

Nearest frequency peer: Medikament (+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 „magazine“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „magazine“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

magazine vs Magazins
75% similar
magazine vs Magazinen
78% similar
magazine vs Margarine
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for magazine
PropertyValue
Headwordmagazine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ma.ɡa.zin]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,899
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „magazine“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.magazineliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Medikament“ (#10,900), „Ludwigsburg“ (#10,897), „misstrauen“ (#10,901). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „magazine“ bei #10,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around magazine (IPA [ma.ɡa.zin]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,899 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das Magazin, die Illustrierte".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for magazine, with forms such as "amgazine", "maagzine", and "magaizne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Magazins", "Magazinen", "Margarine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is magazine, spelled M-A-G-A-Z-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Magazin, die Illustrierte

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgazine
  • maagzine
  • magaizne
  • magazien
  • magazinne
  • magaznie
  • magazzine
  • maggazine
  • magzaine
  • mgaazine
  • mmagazine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magazine - 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.

amgazine2maagzine2magaizne2magazien2magazinne1magaznie2magazzine1maggazine1
Edit distance from "magazine"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "magazine"?
"magazine" is spelled M-A-G-A-Z-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ma.ɡa.zin].
What does "magazine" mean?
As a noun, "magazine" means: das Magazin, die Illustrierte
What words are commonly confused with "magazine"?
"magazine" is commonly confused with "Magazins", "Magazinen", "Margarine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magazine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magazine" is [ma.ɡa.zin]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magazine" come from?
"magazine" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "magazine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list