moderater
[modeˈʁaːtɐ]
The verdict
“moderater” is uncommon German (frequency #53,910 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,910
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs moderat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moderater |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [modeˈʁaːtɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moderater” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
moderater is uncommon German at frequency #53,910 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [modeˈʁaːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for moderater in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 moderater, spelled M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs moderat
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs moderat
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs moderat
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs moderat
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs moderat
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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Using “moderater”
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- The one correct German spelling is M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.