mager
[ˈmaːɡɐ]
The verdict
“mager” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,349
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünn, dürr
Corpus desk
Index DE-mager · mager · German
mager · rank #21,349 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,349
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Machtkampf
Nearest frequency peer: Machtkampf (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mager”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lungenentzü…
Lungenentzündung
78,655 corpus weight
- Machtkampf
Machtkampf
78,653 corpus weight
- mager
mager
78,652 corpus weight
- manu
manu
78,651 corpus weight
- Marien
Marien
78,650 corpus weight
- mayo
mayo
78,649 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mager” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | mager |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmaːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “mager” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around mager (IPA [ˈmaːɡɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,349 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mager, with forms such as "amger", "maegr", and "magerr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mer", "mar", "Meer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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. The correct German form is mager, spelled M-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1dünn, dürr
- 2arm an Fett
- 3wenig ertragreich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie ist sehr mager geworden.
„Hoffmann ist 52 und sieht aus, als liefe er Marathon oder betriebe Höhenbergsteigen: fast mager, immer ein bisschen durch den Wind.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amger
- maegr
- magerr
- magger
- magre
- mgaer
- mmager
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mager - 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 "mager", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "mager". Here's where to go from here.
- "mager" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mer". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,349 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.