mahn
[maːn]
The verdict
“mahn” is uncommon German (frequency #57,221 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,221
- 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 mahnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mahn · mahn · German
mahn · rank #57,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,221
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Machiavelli
Nearest frequency peer: Machiavelli (-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 “mahn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lüftchen
Lüftchen
42,783 corpus weight
- Lügnerin
Lügnerin
42,782 corpus weight
- Machiavelli
Machiavelli
42,781 corpus weight
- mahn
mahn
42,780 corpus weight
- Mainfranken
Mainfranken
42,779 corpus weight
- Mains
Mains
42,778 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mahn” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mahn” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mahn is uncommon German at frequency #57,221 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [maːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mahn has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 mahn, spelled M-A-H-N.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mahnen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mahnen
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 "mahn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 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.