möchte
[ˈmœçtə]
The verdict
“möchte” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #301
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs mögen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mochte · möchte · German
möchte · rank #301 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #301
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH gerne
Nearest frequency peer: gerne (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „möchte“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wollte
wollte
99,703 corpus weight
- ganze
ganze
99,702 corpus weight
- gerne
gerne
99,701 corpus weight
- möchte
möchte
99,700 corpus weight
- Seite
Seite
99,699 corpus weight
- Spiel
Spiel
99,698 corpus weight
What this shows „möchte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | möchte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmœçtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „möchte“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around möchte (IPA [ˈmœçtə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #301 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for möchte, with forms such as "mcöhte", "mmöchte", and "möcchte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "monte", "Motte", "Möhre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is möchte, spelled M-Ö-C-H-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs mögen
- 23. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs mögen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mcöhte
- mmöchte
- möcchte
- möchet
- möchhte
- möchtte
- möcthe
- möhcte
- ömchte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of möchte - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "möchte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).