Moriz

[ˈmoːʁɪt͡s]

/[ˈmoːʁɪt͡s]/ name

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The verdict

“Moriz” is uncommon German (frequency #73,808 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,808
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-moriz · Moriz · German

Moriz · rank #73,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,808
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Montréal

Nearest frequency peer: Montréal (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Moriz“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Moriz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Moriz
PropertyValue
HeadwordMoriz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈmoːʁɪt͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Moriz“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Morizfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Montréal“ (#73,807), „Morpheus“ (#73,809), „Molekularbiologie“ (#73,806). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Moriz“ bei #73,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Moriz is uncommon German at frequency #73,808 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmoːʁɪt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Moriz, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Moriz, spelled M-O-R-I-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Moriz spielt sehr gut Tennis.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Moriz"?
"Moriz" is spelled M-O-R-I-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmoːʁɪt͡s].
What does "Moriz" mean?
As a proper noun, "Moriz" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Moriz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Moriz" is [ˈmoːʁɪt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Moriz" come from?
"Moriz" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Moriz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

modal#73,804moyen#73,815Myron#73,821Mayas#73,785

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list