Motherboard
[ˈmʌðəbɔːd]
The verdict
“Motherboard” is uncommon German (frequency #59,017 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,017
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - technische Informatik: die zentrale Platine auf einem Computer, auf der alle wesentlichen elektronischen Baugruppen angeordnet sind
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Motherboard |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʌðəbɔːd] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Motherboard” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Motherboard is uncommon German at frequency #59,017 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʌðəbɔːd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "technische Informatik: die zentrale Platine auf einem Computer, auf der alle wesentlichen elektronischen Baugruppen angeordnet sind".
Motherboard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Motherboard, spelled M-O-T-H-E-R-B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1technische Informatik: die zentrale Platine auf einem Computer, auf der alle wesentlichen elektronischen Baugruppen angeordnet sind
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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 “Motherboard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-O-T-H-E-R-B-O-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmʌðəbɔːd] (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.