Motorola
/moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/
"motorola" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Motorola” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,905. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,905
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
Corpus desk
Index EN-motorola · Motorola · English
Motorola · rank #17,905 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,905
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH motherhood
Nearest frequency peer: motherhood (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Motorola”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- moan
moan
82,100 corpus weight
- morphine
morphine
82,098 corpus weight
- motherhood
motherhood
82,097 corpus weight
- Motorola
Motorola
82,096 corpus weight
- murderous
murderous
82,095 corpus weight
- NB
NB
82,093 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Motorola” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Motorola |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Motorola” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Motorola (IPA /moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,905 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Motorola, with forms such as "mmotorola", "mootrola", and "motoorla". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars. The correct English form is Motorola, spelled M-O-T-O-R-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Motorola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]
Because I think these radios are infiltrated. The terrorists could easily listen to the Motorolas.
Etymology
From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmotorola
- mootrola
- motoorla
- motorloa
- motoroal
- motorolla
- motorrola
- motroola
- mottorola
- mtoorola
- omtorola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Motorola - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Motorola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.