Machiavel
\ma.kja.vɛl\
The verdict
“Machiavel” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,768
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nicolas Machiavel, publiciste florentin du XVIᵉ siècle qui fit la théorie des procédés de violence et de tyrannie usités par les tyrans de la Renaissance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machiavel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.kja.vɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Machiavel” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Machiavel (IPA \ma.kja.vɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,768 among 202,672 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nicolas Machiavel, publiciste florentin du XVIᵉ siècle qui fit la théorie des procédés de violence et de tyrannie usités par les tyrans de la Renaissance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Machiavel, with forms such as "amchiavel", "macchiavel", and "machaivel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Machiavel, spelled M-A-C-H-I-A-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1Nicolas Machiavel, publiciste florentin du XVIᵉ siècle qui fit la théorie des procédés de violence et de tyrannie usités par les tyrans de la Renaissance.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amchiavel,macchiavel,machaivel,machhiavel,machiaevl,machiavell,machiavle,machiavvel,machivael,macihavel,mahciavel,mcahiavel,mmachiavel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Machiavel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Machiavel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-C-H-I-A-V-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.kja.vɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.