Modem
[ˈmoːdɛm]
The verdict
“Modem” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,677
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apparat zum Übertragen (Senden und Empfangen) digitaler Daten durch analoge Signale (häufig über Telefonleitungen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-modem · Modem · German
Modem · rank #25,677 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,677
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mobilisierung
Nearest frequency peer: Mobilisierung (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Modem“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ministerrat
Ministerrat
74,328 corpus weight
- mobiler
mobiler
74,326 corpus weight
- Mobilisieru…
Mobilisierung
74,325 corpus weight
- Modem
Modem
74,324 corpus weight
- Monarchen
Monarchen
74,323 corpus weight
- mächtigste
mächtigste
74,322 corpus weight
What this shows „Modem“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im 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 | Modem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoːdɛm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Modem“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Modem (IPA [ˈmoːdɛm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,677 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Modem, with forms such as "mdoem", "mmodem", and "moddem". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mom", "moe", "müde", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Modem, spelled M-O-D-E-M.
Definition
- 1Apparat zum Übertragen (Senden und Empfangen) digitaler Daten durch analoge Signale (häufig über Telefonleitungen)
- 2Wandler (Umsetzer, Konverter) zwischen digitalen Protokollen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Modem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei meiner ersten Internetverbindung habe ich noch ein 28k Modem benutzt; heute sind 56k üblich.
Für Faxverbindungen der üblichen Gruppe 3 genügt ein Modem mit 9600 oder 14.400 Bit pro Sekunde.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdoem
- mmodem
- moddem
- modemm
- modme
- moedm
- omdem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Modem - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).