Motiv
[moˈtiːf]
The verdict
“Motiv” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,060
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Anreiz oder Grund für eine Handlung, speziell für eine Straftat
Corpus desk
Index DE-motiv · Motiv · German
Motiv · rank #4,060 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,060
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mittag
Nearest frequency peer: Mittag (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Motiv“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Microsoft
Microsoft
95,943 corpus weight
- Mittag
Mittag
95,942 corpus weight
- Motiv
Motiv
95,941 corpus weight
- Muster
Muster
95,940 corpus weight
- national
national
95,939 corpus weight
- Parkplatz
Parkplatz
95,938 corpus weight
What this shows „Motiv“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Motiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Motiv“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Motiv (IPA [moˈtiːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,060 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Motiv, with forms such as "mmotiv", "moitv", and "motivv". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "moto", "Motor", "Motto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Motiv, spelled M-O-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1der Anreiz oder Grund für eine Handlung, speziell für eine Straftat
- 2kleinster Baustein eines musikalischen Themas
- 3Gegenstand eines Bildes
- 4eine algebraische Struktur
- 5wiederholbare, bedeutungsvolle Inhaltseinheit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Motiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Motiv für den Mord war Eifersucht.
Berlioz verwendet in seiner Symphonie fantastique ein Motiv, das in jedem der Sätze auftaucht.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmotiv
- moitv
- motivv
- mottiv
- motvi
- mtoiv
- omtiv
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Motiv - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Motiv", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).