Nähmaschine
[ˈnɛːmaˌʃiːnə]
The verdict
“Nähmaschine” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,936
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Maschine zur Herstellung von Nähten durch Verknüpfen von Fäden innerhalb eines Gewebes mit Hilfe von Nadeln
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nähmaschine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɛːmaˌʃiːnə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nähmaschine” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Nähmaschine (IPA [ˈnɛːmaˌʃiːnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,936 among 26,919 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Maschine zur Herstellung von Nähten durch Verknüpfen von Fäden innerhalb eines Gewebes mit Hilfe von Nadeln".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nähmaschine, with forms such as "nhämaschine", "nnähmaschine", and "nähamschine". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Nähmaschine, spelled N-Ä-H-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine Maschine zur Herstellung von Nähten durch Verknüpfen von Fäden innerhalb eines Gewebes mit Hilfe von Nadeln
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nhämaschine
- nnähmaschine
- nähamschine
- nähhmaschine
- nähmacshine
- nähmascchine
- nähmaschhine
- nähmaschien
- nähmaschinne
- nähmaschnie
- nähmascihne
- nähmashcine
- nähmasschine
- nähmmaschine
- nähmsachine
- nämhaschine
- änhmaschine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nähmaschine - 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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Using “Nähmaschine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-Ä-H-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnɛːmaˌʃiːnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.