machina

\ma.ʃi.na\

/\ma.ʃi.na\/ verb

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The verdict

“machina” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,032. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,032
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de machiner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-machina · machina · French

machina · rank #44,032 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,032
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Léandre

Nearest frequency peer: Léandre (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « machina »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « machina » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

machina vs marina
71% similar
machina vs machine
86% similar
machina vs machins
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for machina
PropertyValue
Headwordmachina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ma.ʃi.na\
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,032
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « machina »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).machinase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Léandre » (#44,031), « Lyons » (#44,030), « maghrébines » (#44,034). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « machina » est au #44,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around machina (IPA \ma.ʃi.na\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,032 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de machiner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for machina, with forms such as "amchina", "macchina", and "machhina". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "marina", "machine", "machins", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 machina, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de machiner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amchina
  • macchina
  • machhina
  • machian
  • machinna
  • machnia
  • macihna
  • mahcina
  • mcahina
  • mmachina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of machina - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amchina2macchina1machhina1machian2machinna1machnia2macihna2mahcina2
Edit distance from "machina"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "machina"?
"machina" is spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʃi.na\.
What does "machina" mean?
As a verb, "machina" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de machiner.
What words are commonly confused with "machina"?
"machina" is commonly confused with "marina", "machine", "machins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "machina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "machina" is \ma.ʃi.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "machina" come from?
"machina" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "machina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Léandre#44,031luisant#44,029maigret#44,036markets#44,042

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

maillons10 variantsmamelles10 variantsjalouses10 variantsmutuels10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list