Mechanismus
Letters
11 characters
Frequency Rank
#12,536
in German word usage
Misspellings
17
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
Mechanismus is aGermannoun. It means: System von Elementen, die in festgelegter, vorhersehbarer Weise zusammenwirken Pronounced [meçaˈnɪsmʊs]. Often confused with Mechanismen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mechanismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meçaˈnɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mechanismus is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meçaˈnɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,536 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mechanismus, with forms such as "emchanismus", "mcehanismus", and "mecahnismus". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Mechanismen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mechanismus, spelled M-E-C-H-A-N-I-S-M-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1System von Elementen, die in festgelegter, vorhersehbarer Weise zusammenwirken
- 2Komplex von Bauelementen, bei dem die Bewegung eines Teils die Bewegung anderer hervorruft
- 3naturphilosophische Annahme, dass alle Abläufe in der Natur kausal mechanisch erklärbar sind
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emchanismus,mcehanismus,mecahnismus,mecchanismus,mechainsmus,mechanimsus,mechanismmus,mechanismsu,mechanismuss,mechanissmus,mechanisums,mechannismus,mechansimus,mechhanismus,mechnaismus,mehcanismus,mmechanismus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mechanismus
Misspelling Variants of "Mechanismus"
Frequency rank: #12,536 in German
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