Modder
[ˈmɔdɐ]
The verdict
“Modder” is uncommon German (frequency #97,407 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,407
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Wasser und organischen Substanzen vermischte Erde
Corpus desk
Index DE-modder · Modder · German
Modder · rank #97,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,407
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mohammedaner
Nearest frequency peer: Mohammedaner (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Modder“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mitgemeint
mitgemeint
2,598 corpus weight
- mitversiche…
mitversichert
2,597 corpus weight
- mitzieht
mitzieht
2,596 corpus weight
- Modder
Modder
2,594 corpus weight
- Mohammedaner
Mohammedaner
2,593 corpus weight
- Monatsanfang
Monatsanfang
2,591 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Modder“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Modder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɔdɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Modder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Modder is uncommon German at frequency #97,407 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɔdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Wasser und organischen Substanzen vermischte Erde".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Modder, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Modder, spelled M-O-D-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1mit Wasser und organischen Substanzen vermischte Erde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Modder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Weg war sehr rutschig von all dem Modder, der sich da ausgebreitet hatte.
Ich bin mit dem einen Gummistiefel im Modder hängengeblieben.
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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