motorcycle

[ˈməʊtə(r)saɪkl]

/[ˈməʊtə(r)saɪkl]/ noun

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The verdict

“motorcycle” is uncommon German (frequency #74,895 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,895
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das (schnelle) motorisierte Zweirad (ohne Pedale)

Corpus desk

Index DE-motorcycle · motorcycle · German

motorcycle · rank #74,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,895
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mullah

Nearest frequency peer: Mullah (+2 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 „motorcycle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for motorcycle
PropertyValue
Headwordmotorcycle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈməʊtə(r)saɪkl]
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,895
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „motorcycle“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.motorcyclefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mullah“ (#74,897), „multimedialen“ (#74,898), „modifizierter“ (#74,891). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „motorcycle“ bei #74,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

motorcycle is uncommon German at frequency #74,895 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈməʊtə(r)saɪkl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das (schnelle) motorisierte Zweirad (ohne Pedale)".

motorcycle has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is motorcycle, spelled M-O-T-O-R-C-Y-C-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    das (schnelle) motorisierte Zweirad (ohne Pedale)

Synonyms

motorbike

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 "motorcycle"?
"motorcycle" is spelled M-O-T-O-R-C-Y-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈməʊtə(r)saɪkl].
What does "motorcycle" mean?
As a noun, "motorcycle" means: das (schnelle) motorisierte Zweirad (ohne Pedale)
How do you pronounce "motorcycle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motorcycle" is [ˈməʊtə(r)saɪkl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motorcycle" come from?
"motorcycle" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Modelljahr#74,889mitzugeben#74,887mitgelesen#74,885nachbilden#74,905

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list