Magen

/[ˈmaːɡn̩]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,535

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Magen is aGermannoun. It means: Verdauungsorgan beim Menschen und bei Tieren Pronounced [ˈmaːɡn̩]. It ranks #4,535 in German word frequency. Often confused with man and men.

Key facts for Magen
PropertyValue
HeadwordMagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmaːɡn̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,535
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Magen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Magen is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,535 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verdauungsorgan beim Menschen und bei Tieren".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Magen, with forms such as "amgen", "maegn", and "magenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "man", "men", "Mann", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Magen, spelled M-A-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verdauungsorgan beim Menschen und bei Tieren

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amgen,maegn,magenn,maggen,magne,mgaen,mmagen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Magen

Misspelling Variants of "Magen"

amgen5maegn5magenn6maggen6magne5mgaen5mmagen6
Misspelling Variants of "Magen"

Frequency rank: #4,535 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Magen"?
"Magen" is spelled M-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaːɡn̩].
What does "Magen" mean?
As a noun, "Magen" means: Verdauungsorgan beim Menschen und bei Tieren
What words are commonly confused with "Magen"?
"Magen" is commonly confused with "man", "men", "Mann". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Magen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Magen" is [ˈmaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Magen" come from?
"Magen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.