mechanic
/mɪˈkænɪk/
"mechanic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mechanic” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,780
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics
Corpus desk
Index EN-mechanic · mechanic · English
mechanic · rank #9,780 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,780
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Megan
Nearest frequency peer: Megan (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mechanic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Latino
Latino
90,225 corpus weight
- Lopez
Lopez
90,224 corpus weight
- loudly
loudly
90,223 corpus weight
- mechanic
mechanic
90,221 corpus weight
- Megan
Megan
90,220 corpus weight
- modify
modify
90,218 corpus weight
What this shows “mechanic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | mechanic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɪˈkænɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mechanic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around mechanic (IPA /mɪˈkænɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,780 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mechanic, with forms such as "emchanic", "mcehanic", and "mecahnic". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mechanism", "mechanics", "mechanical", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inve… The correct English form is mechanic, spelled M-E-C-H-A-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics
- 2mechanical; precise but lifeless, as if performed by machine
- 3Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mechanic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] these mechanick Philosophers being in no Way able to give an Account thereof from the necessary motion of Matter, unguided by Mind for Ends […]
But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
Etymology
From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emchanic
- mcehanic
- mecahnic
- mecchanic
- mechainc
- mechanci
- mechanicc
- mechannic
- mechhanic
- mechnaic
- mehcanic
- mmechanic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mechanic - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
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