motorisch

[moˈtoːʁɪʃ]

/[moˈtoːʁɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“motorisch” is uncommon German (frequency #90,651 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,651
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Motor betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-motorisch · motorisch · German

motorisch · rank #90,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,651
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mostviertel

Nearest frequency peer: Mostviertel (-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 „motorisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for motorisch
PropertyValue
Headwordmotorisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[moˈtoːʁɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,651
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „motorisch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mostviertel“ (#90,650), „motorisiert“ (#90,652), „Mordfälle“ (#90,648). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „motorisch“ bei #90,651. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

motorisch is uncommon German at frequency #90,651 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [moˈtoːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

motorisch has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is motorisch, spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Motor betreffend
  2. 2
    Medizin: die Motorik (Bewegungsfähigkeit) des Körpers betreffend
  3. 3
    Musik: deutlich und gleichmäßig rhythmisierend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Fahrzeug ist motorisch hervorragend ausgerüstet.
  2. Das Kind zeigt, gemessen an seinem Alter, ein motorisches Defizit.

This word in other languages

motor(English)motor(Español)moteur(Français)

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 "motorisch"?
"motorisch" is spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈtoːʁɪʃ].
What does "motorisch" mean?
As an adjective, "motorisch" means: den Motor betreffend
How do you pronounce "motorisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motorisch" is [moˈtoːʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motorisch" come from?
"motorisch" 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 "motorisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mordfälle#90,648municipal#90,657nachfragt#90,666Mariechen#90,605

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list