Ohnmacht
[ˈoːnˌmaxt]
The verdict
“Ohnmacht” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,708
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - vorübergehende Bewusstlosigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-ohnmacht · Ohnmacht · German
Ohnmacht · rank #15,708 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,708
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH offenem
Nearest frequency peer: offenem (-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 “Ohnmacht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- niedergesch…
niedergeschlagen
84,296 corpus weight
- Objektiven
Objektiven
84,295 corpus weight
- offenem
offenem
84,294 corpus weight
- Ohnmacht
Ohnmacht
84,293 corpus weight
- Omas
Omas
84,291 corpus weight
- Opern
Opern
84,290 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ohnmacht” 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 | Ohnmacht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːnˌmaxt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ohnmacht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Ohnmacht (IPA [ˈoːnˌmaxt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,708 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ohnmacht, with forms such as "honmacht", "ohhnmacht", and "ohmnacht". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ohnmächtig", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ohnmacht, spelled O-H-N-M-A-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1vorübergehende Bewusstlosigkeit
- 2Unfähigkeit, etwas zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ohnmacht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er fiel in Ohnmacht. Die Sinne schwanden ihm, und er lag lange in tiefer Ohnmacht und kam dann auch nur langsam zu sich.
„Die Ohnmacht verließ ihn nur so weit, daß sich allein der Rauschzustand in seinem Bewußtsein bewegte.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- honmacht
- ohhnmacht
- ohmnacht
- ohnamcht
- ohnmaccht
- ohnmachht
- ohnmachtt
- ohnmacth
- ohnmahct
- ohnmcaht
- ohnmmacht
- ohnnmacht
- onhmacht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ohnmacht - 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 2, 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 "Ohnmacht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.