Mortadella
[mɔʁtaˈdɛla]
The verdict
“Mortadella” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,646 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,646
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wurst aus gemahlenem Schweine-/Kalbfleisch mit Speckwürfeln, manchmal auch Schinkenstücken oder Pistazien
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mortadella |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɔʁtaˈdɛla] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mortadella” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mortadella is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mɔʁtaˈdɛla]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,646 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wurst aus gemahlenem Schweine-/Kalbfleisch mit Speckwürfeln, manchmal auch Schinkenstücken oder Pistazien".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mortadella in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Mortadella, spelled M-O-R-T-A-D-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Wurst aus gemahlenem Schweine-/Kalbfleisch mit Speckwürfeln, manchmal auch Schinkenstücken oder Pistazien
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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 “Mortadella”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-O-R-T-A-D-E-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mɔʁtaˈdɛla] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.