Motorblock

[ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk]

/[ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk]/ noun

The verdict

“Motorblock” is uncommon German (frequency #84,322 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,322
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil eines Verbrennungsmotors, der Zylinder, Kurbelwellenlagerung und bei wassergekühlten Motoren den Wassermantel vereint

Corpus desk

Index DE-motorblock · Motorblock · German

Motorblock · rank #84,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,322
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Morgenmantel

Nearest frequency peer: Morgenmantel (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Motorblock“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Motorblock“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Motorblock
PropertyValue
HeadwordMotorblock
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk]
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,322
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Motorblock“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Motorblockfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Morgenmantel“ (#84,321), „mitzutragen“ (#84,317), „musische“ (#84,327). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Motorblock“ bei #84,322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Motorblock is uncommon German at frequency #84,322 among 3,571 “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

  1. 1
    Teil eines Verbrennungsmotors, der Zylinder, Kurbelwellenlagerung und bei wassergekühlten Motoren den Wassermantel vereint

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Motorblock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Motorblock liefert einen wesentlichen Bestandteil zur Dynamik des Antriebsstranges.“
  2. „Sie entdeckten, dass der Motorblock dreimal denselben Standardbolzen enthielt, der jeweils für einen anderen technischen Bestandteil verwendet wurde.“

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 "Motorblock"?
"Motorblock" is spelled M-O-T-O-R-B-L-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk].
What does "Motorblock" mean?
As a noun, "Motorblock" means: Teil eines Verbrennungsmotors, der Zylinder, Kurbelwellenlagerung und bei wassergekühlten Motoren den Wassermantel vereint
How do you pronounce "Motorblock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Motorblock" is [ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌblɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Motorblock" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Motorblock", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list