Machin
/ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/
"machin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Machin” is uncommon English (frequency #57,538 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,538
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname originating as an occupation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Machin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Machin is uncommon English at frequency #57,538 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as an occupation.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Machin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason. The correct English form is Machin, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as an occupation.
Etymology
From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason.
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.
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Using “Machin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-C-H-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.