mache
"mache" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mache” is uncommon English (frequency #59,518 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,518
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of mâche.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mache · mache · English
mache · rank #59,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,518
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Madan
Nearest frequency peer: Madan (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “mache”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- loafer
loafer
40,488 corpus weight
- Lundberg
Lundberg
40,486 corpus weight
- mache
mache
40,483 corpus weight
- Madan
Madan
40,482 corpus weight
- Maiduguri
Maiduguri
40,480 corpus weight
- malformed
malformed
40,479 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mache” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mache |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mache” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mache is uncommon English at frequency #59,518 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of mâche.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mache, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is mache, spelled M-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of mâche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ballotine[…] came bathed in a light dill cream and garnished with mache leaves and arugula.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "mache"?
What does "mache" mean?
What language does "mache" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mache", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).