Mahagoni

[ˌmahaˈɡoːni]

/[ˌmahaˈɡoːni]/ noun

The verdict

“Mahagoni” is uncommon German (frequency #59,864 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,864
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wertvolles, rotbraunes und hartes Holz verschiedener tropischer Baumarten

Corpus desk

Index DE-mahagoni · Mahagoni · German

Mahagoni · rank #59,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,864
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mafiosi

Nearest frequency peer: Mafiosi (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mahagoni“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mahagoni“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mahagoni
PropertyValue
HeadwordMahagoni
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌmahaˈɡoːni]
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mahagoni“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Mahagonifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mafiosi“ (#59,863), „marchand“ (#59,865), „madre“ (#59,862). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mahagoni“ bei #59,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mahagoni is uncommon German at frequency #59,864 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌmahaˈɡoːni]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wertvolles, rotbraunes und hartes Holz verschiedener tropischer Baumarten".

Zero misspellings are on record for Mahagoni in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mahagoni, spelled M-A-H-A-G-O-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    wertvolles, rotbraunes und hartes Holz verschiedener tropischer Baumarten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mahagoni appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Tisch ist aus Mahagoni.
  2. „In den folgenden vier Monaten füllten wir unseren Frachtraum mit Mahagoni und nahmen eine schwere Deckladung auf, wobei wir uns mächtig abrackerten.“

Synonyms

Mahagoniholz

This word in other languages

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 "Mahagoni"?
"Mahagoni" is spelled M-A-H-A-G-O-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌmahaˈɡoːni].
What does "Mahagoni" mean?
As a noun, "Mahagoni" means: wertvolles, rotbraunes und hartes Holz verschiedener tropischer Baumarten
How do you pronounce "Mahagoni"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mahagoni" is [ˌmahaˈɡoːni]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list