Motette
[moˈtɛtə]
The verdict
“Motette” is uncommon German (frequency #71,636 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,636
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrstimmiger geistlicher oder weltlicher Chorgesang mit mehreren Abschnitten, zumeist ohne Instrumentalbegleitung
Corpus desk
Index DE-motette · Motette · German
Motette · rank #71,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,636
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH monumental
Nearest frequency peer: monumental (-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 „Motette“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Monteure
Monteure
28,367 corpus weight
- monumental
monumental
28,366 corpus weight
- Motette
Motette
28,365 corpus weight
- MPG
MPG
28,364 corpus weight
- MRSA
MRSA
28,363 corpus weight
- Muffel
Muffel
28,362 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Motette“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Motette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moˈtɛtə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Motette“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Motette is uncommon German at frequency #71,636 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [moˈtɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehrstimmiger geistlicher oder weltlicher Chorgesang mit mehreren Abschnitten, zumeist ohne Instrumentalbegleitung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Motette, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Motette, spelled M-O-T-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1mehrstimmiger geistlicher oder weltlicher Chorgesang mit mehreren Abschnitten, zumeist ohne Instrumentalbegleitung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Motette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Messen und Motetten des um 1500 unweit von Lille geborenen Nicolas Gombert gehören zum Schönsten, was die franko-flämische Polyfonie des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts hinterlassen hat.
Bachs unvergleichliches Verdienst bei der Renovierung des Prinzips Motette lag in der Verbindung von kontrapunktischer Feinarbeit und doppelchörigem Bauplan, von triebhaft-horizontalem Fugenwerk und federnd gelagerter Gruppenstruktur.
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This word in other languages
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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