Machin
/ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/
"machin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Machin” is uncommon English (frequency #57,538 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,538
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as an occupation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-machin · Machin · English
Machin · rank #57,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,538
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH macaque
Nearest frequency peer: macaque (-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 “Machin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lysis
lysis
42,467 corpus weight
- maar
maar
42,465 corpus weight
- macaque
macaque
42,464 corpus weight
- Machin
Machin
42,463 corpus weight
- madcap
madcap
42,461 corpus weight
- Maeda
Maeda
42,460 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Machin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Machin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Machin is uncommon English at frequency #57,538 among 4,057 “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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).