Motorblock
[ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk]
The verdict
“Motorblock” is uncommon German (frequency #84,322 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,322
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil eines Verbrennungsmotors, der Zylinder, Kurbelwellenlagerung und bei wassergekühlten Motoren den Wassermantel vereint
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Motorblock |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Motorblock” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Motorblock is uncommon German at frequency #84,322 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil eines Verbrennungsmotors, der Zylinder, Kurbelwellenlagerung und bei wassergekühlten Motoren den Wassermantel vereint".
No misspelling variants are generated for Motorblock in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Motorblock, spelled M-O-T-O-R-B-L-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1Teil eines Verbrennungsmotors, der Zylinder, Kurbelwellenlagerung und bei wassergekühlten Motoren den Wassermantel vereint
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 “Motorblock”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-O-T-O-R-B-L-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk] (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.