mobile

/[moˈbiːlə]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,606

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

mobile is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil Pronounced [moˈbiːlə]. It ranks #3,606 in German word frequency. Often confused with Movie and Motive.

Key facts for mobile
PropertyValue
Headwordmobile
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[moˈbiːlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,606
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mobile in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for mobile is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈbiːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,606 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for mobile, with forms such as "mboile", "mmobile", and "mobbile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Movie", "Motive", "Module", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is mobile, spelled M-O-B-I-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mboile,mmobile,mobbile,mobiel,mobille,moblie,moible,ombile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mobile

Misspelling Variants of "mobile"

mboile6mmobile7mobbile7mobiel6mobille7moblie6moible6ombile6
Misspelling Variants of "mobile"

Frequency rank: #3,606 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mobile"?
"mobile" is spelled M-O-B-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈbiːlə].
What does "mobile" mean?
As an adj, "mobile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil
What words are commonly confused with "mobile"?
"mobile" is commonly confused with "Movie", "Motive", "Module". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mobile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mobile" is [moˈbiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mobile" come from?
"mobile" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.