motivieren
[motiˈviːʁən]
The verdict
“motivieren” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,132
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden dazu bringen, sich aus eigenem Antrieb um etwas zu kümmern
Corpus desk
Index DE-motivieren · motivieren · German
motivieren · rank #12,132 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,132
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Moderatoren
Nearest frequency peer: Moderatoren (-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 „motivieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- mischt
mischt
87,872 corpus weight
- Mittagspause
Mittagspause
87,871 corpus weight
- Moderatoren
Moderatoren
87,870 corpus weight
- motivieren
motivieren
87,869 corpus weight
- Mülheim
Mülheim
87,868 corpus weight
- nachfolgende
nachfolgende
87,867 corpus weight
What this shows „motivieren“ 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 | motivieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [motiˈviːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „motivieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around motivieren (IPA [motiˈviːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,132 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for motivieren, with forms such as "mmotivieren", "moitvieren", and "motiiveren". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "motiviert", "motivierte", "motivierten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is motivieren, spelled M-O-T-I-V-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden dazu bringen, sich aus eigenem Antrieb um etwas zu kümmern
- 2einen Grund (Motiv) für etwas angeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how motivieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sollen die Arbeitnehmer mehr motivieren.
Wie sind seine Absichten motiviert?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmotivieren
- moitvieren
- motiiveren
- motiveiren
- motivieern
- motivierenn
- motivierne
- motivierren
- motivireen
- motivvieren
- mottivieren
- motviieren
- mtoivieren
- omtivieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motivieren - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "motivieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).