machine
/məˈʃiːn/
"machine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“machine” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,346
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-machine · machine · English
machine · rank #1,346 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,346
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH largest
Nearest frequency peer: largest (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “machine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- greater
greater
98,658 corpus weight
- grow
grow
98,657 corpus weight
- largest
largest
98,656 corpus weight
- machine
machine
98,655 corpus weight
- notice
notice
98,654 corpus weight
- overall
overall
98,653 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “machine” sits against the nearest ranked English 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 | machine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈʃiːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “machine” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around machine (IPA /məˈʃiːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,346 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for machine, with forms such as "amchine", "macchine", and "machhine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Maine", "marine", "Maxine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes … The correct English form is machine, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- 2A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
- 3An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- 4A computer.
- 5A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- 6Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- 7Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- 8The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- 9Penis.
- 10A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- 11A bathing machine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how machine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
As he stood directly beneath a brilliant arc light, waiting for a limousine that was approaching to pass him, he heard his name called in a sweet feminine voice. Looking up, he met the smiling eyes of Olga de Coude as she leaned forward upon the back seat of the machine. He bowed very low in response to her friendly greeting. When he straightened up the m…
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amchine
- macchine
- machhine
- machien
- machinne
- machnie
- macihne
- mahcine
- mcahine
- mmachine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of machine - 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 English 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 English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "machine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 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.