Maske
[ˈmaskə]
The verdict
“Maske” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,623
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenstand zur Verhüllung oder zum Schutz
Corpus desk
Index DE-maske · Maske · German
Maske · rank #5,623 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,623
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Lärm
Nearest frequency peer: Lärm (-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 “Maske”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lies
lies
94,381 corpus weight
- lustige
lustige
94,380 corpus weight
- Lärm
Lärm
94,379 corpus weight
- Maske
Maske
94,378 corpus weight
- Mathe
Mathe
94,377 corpus weight
- mehrerer
mehrerer
94,376 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Maske” 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 | Maske |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaskə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maske” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Maske (IPA [ˈmaskə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,623 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maske, with forms such as "amske", "makse", and "masek". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mast", "Muse", "Möse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Maske, spelled M-A-S-K-E.
Definition
- 1Gegenstand zur Verhüllung oder zum Schutz
- 2charakteristische Strukturen auf Köpfen von Tieren
- 3Eingabeformular im Computer
- 4zur Straffung der Haut auf das Gesicht aufgetragene Kosmetik
- 5Gipsabguss des Kopfes eines Toten
- 6maskierte beziehungsweise verkleidete Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maske appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Räuber trug eine Maske.
„In der letzten Zeit hat sie die Maske ganz fallen lassen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amske
- makse
- masek
- maskke
- masske
- mmaske
- msake
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maske - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 September 3, 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 "Maske", 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 "Maske". Here's where to go from here.
- "Maske" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Mast". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,623 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.