Mains
[maɪ̯ns]
The verdict
“Mains” is uncommon German (frequency #57,223 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,223
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Main
Corpus desk
Index DE-mains · Mains · German
Mains · rank #57,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,223
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Mainfranken
Nearest frequency peer: Mainfranken (-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 “Mains”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Machiavelli
Machiavelli
42,781 corpus weight
- mahn
mahn
42,780 corpus weight
- Mainfranken
Mainfranken
42,779 corpus weight
- Mains
Mains
42,778 corpus weight
- Manie
Manie
42,777 corpus weight
- Manövern
Manövern
42,775 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mains” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mains |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maɪ̯ns] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mains” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mains is uncommon German at frequency #57,223 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maɪ̯ns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Main".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mains in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mains, spelled M-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Main
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
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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.