motherfucker

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The verdict

“motherfucker” is uncommon German (frequency #61,752 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,752
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - derbe Beleidigung; wörtlich „Mutterficker“

Key facts for motherfucker
PropertyValue
Headwordmotherfucker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters12
Frequency rank#61,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “motherfucker” 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). motherfucker lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

motherfucker is uncommon German at frequency #61,752 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "derbe Beleidigung; wörtlich „Mutterficker“".

motherfucker has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is motherfucker, spelled M-O-T-H-E-R-F-U-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    derbe Beleidigung; wörtlich „Mutterficker“

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 "motherfucker"?
"motherfucker" is spelled M-O-T-H-E-R-F-U-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "motherfucker" mean?
As a noun, "motherfucker" means: derbe Beleidigung; wörtlich „Mutterficker“
How do you pronounce "motherfucker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motherfucker" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motherfucker" come from?
"motherfucker" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “motherfucker”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is M-O-T-H-E-R-F-U-C-K-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.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list