Moratorium
[moʁaˈtoːʁiʊm]
The verdict
“Moratorium” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,095 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,095
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vertraglich vereinbarter oder gesetzlich angeordneter Aufschub
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moratorium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moʁaˈtoːʁiʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #49,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Moratorium” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Moratorium is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moʁaˈtoːʁiʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,095 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vertraglich vereinbarter oder gesetzlich angeordneter Aufschub".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Moratorium, with forms such as "mmoratorium", "moartorium", and "moraotrium". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Moratorium, spelled M-O-R-A-T-O-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1vertraglich vereinbarter oder gesetzlich angeordneter Aufschub
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmoratorium,moartorium,moraotrium,moratoirum,moratorimu,moratoriumm,moratorrium,moratoruim,moratroium,morattorium,morratorium,mortaorium,mroatorium,omratorium
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Moratorium - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Moratorium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-O-R-A-T-O-R-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [moʁaˈtoːʁiʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.