selbstgemachten
The verdict
“selbstgemachten” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,249 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #49,249
- frequency rank, German
- 15
- letters
- 25
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | selbstgemachten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #49,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “selbstgemachten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for selbstgemachten is 15 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,249 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for selbstgemachten, with forms such as "eslbstgemachten", "seblstgemachten", and "selbbstgemachten". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "selbstgemacht", "selbstgemachte", 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 selbstgemachten, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-G-E-M-A-C-H-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eslbstgemachten,seblstgemachten,selbbstgemachten,selbsgtemachten,selbsstgemachten,selbstegmachten,selbstgeamchten,selbstgemacchten,selbstgemachetn,selbstgemachhten,selbstgemachtenn,selbstgemachtne,selbstgemachtten,selbstgemacthen,selbstgemahcten,selbstgemcahten,selbstgemmachten,selbstggemachten,selbstgmeachten,selbsttgemachten,selbtsgemachten,sellbstgemachten,selsbtgemachten,slebstgemachten,sselbstgemachten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selbstgemachten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "selbstgemachten"
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 “selbstgemachten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-L-B-S-T-G-E-M-A-C-H-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “selbstgemacht” - see the side-by-side comparison. selbstgemachten vs selbstgemacht
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