Modus
[ˈmɔdʊs]
The verdict
“Modus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,451
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art und Weise
Corpus desk
Index DE-modus · Modus · German
Modus · rank #4,451 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,451
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH modern
Nearest frequency peer: modern (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Modus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Metall
Metall
95,553 corpus weight
- Model
Model
95,552 corpus weight
- modern
modern
95,551 corpus weight
- Modus
Modus
95,550 corpus weight
- Märchen
Märchen
95,548 corpus weight
- NSA
NSA
95,547 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Modus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Modus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɔdʊs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Modus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Modus (IPA [ˈmɔdʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,451 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Modus, with forms such as "mdous", "mmodus", and "moddus". 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, "mus", "mos", "Moos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists 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 Modus, spelled M-O-D-U-S.
Definition
- 1Art und Weise
- 2eine von mehreren Betriebsarten, zwischen denen ausgewählt werden kann
- 3Eigenschaft des Verbs: eine Flexionskategorie
- 4synonym verwandt für Kirchentonart
- 5häufigster Wert, der in einer Stichprobe vorkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Modus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen einen Modus finden, um mit diesem Problem angemessen umzugehen.
Der Computer startet jetzt im sicheren Modus.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdous
- mmodus
- moddus
- modsu
- moduss
- mouds
- omdus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Modus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Modus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Modus". Here's where to go from here.
- "Modus" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mus". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,451 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.