mahle
[ˈmaːlə]
The verdict
“mahle” is uncommon German (frequency #69,483 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,483
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mahlen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mahle · mahle · German
mahle · rank #69,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,483
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Malchow
Nearest frequency peer: Malchow (+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 “mahle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Maat
Maat
30,522 corpus weight
- Machterhalt
Machterhalt
30,521 corpus weight
- Madras
Madras
30,520 corpus weight
- mahle
mahle
30,518 corpus weight
- Malchow
Malchow
30,517 corpus weight
- Marketings
Marketings
30,515 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mahle” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mahle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmaːlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mahle” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mahle is uncommon German at frequency #69,483 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mahle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 mahle, spelled M-A-H-L-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mahlen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mahlen
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mahlen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mahlen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mahle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.