Mortimer

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The verdict

“Mortimer” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #40,094 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#40,094
frequency rank, German
8
letters
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

Dominant Wiktionary sense: englischer männlicher Vorname

Key facts for Mortimer
PropertyValue
HeadwordMortimer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,094
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Mortimer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Mortimer lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mortimer is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,094 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "englischer männlicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mortimer, with forms such as "mmortimer", "moritmer", and "morrtimer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "TO", "video", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mortimer, spelled M-O-R-T-I-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    englischer männlicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmortimer,moritmer,morrtimer,mortiemr,mortimerr,mortimmer,mortimre,mortmier,morttimer,motrimer,mrotimer,omrtimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mortimer — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Mortimer"

mmortimer1moritmer2morrtimer1mortiemr2mortimerr1mortimmer1mortimre2mortmier2
Edit distance from "Mortimer"

Frequency rank: #40,094 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mortimer"?
"Mortimer" is spelled M-O-R-T-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Mortimer" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mortimer" means: englischer männlicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Mortimer"?
"Mortimer" is commonly confused with "of", "TO", "video". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mortimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mortimer" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mortimer" come from?
"Mortimer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Mortimer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-O-R-T-I-M-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “of” — see the side-by-side comparison. Mortimer vs of
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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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.