modulo

[ˈmoːduloː]

/[ˈmoːduloː]/ prep

The verdict

“modulo” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - äquivalent in Bezug auf das Ergebnis

Corpus desk

Index DE-modulo · modulo · German

modulo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for modulo
PropertyValue
Headwordmodulo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPreposition
IPA[ˈmoːduloː]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „modulo“ im Deutschen

moduloschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

modulo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed [ˈmoːduloː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "äquivalent in Bezug auf das Ergebnis".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for modulo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 German form is modulo, spelled M-O-D-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    äquivalent in Bezug auf das Ergebnis

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how modulo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wie Modulo funktioniert, versteht man am schnellsten an konkreten Beispielen: 7 mod 2 (sprich 7modulo2) ist beispielsweise 1, denn 7 geteilt durch 2 lässt den Rest 1.“
  2. „Zwei Zahlen sind kongruent (modulo der natürlichen Zahl n), wenn ihre Differenz durch n teilbar ist.“

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "modulo"?
"modulo" is spelled M-O-D-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmoːduloː].
What does "modulo" mean?
As a preposition, "modulo" means: äquivalent in Bezug auf das Ergebnis
How do you pronounce "modulo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modulo" is [ˈmoːduloː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "modulo" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list