motherboard

[ˈmað̞eɾβ̞oɾð̞]

/[ˈmað̞eɾβ̞oɾð̞]/ noun

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The verdict

“motherboard” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,154 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,154
frequency rank, Spanish
36,142
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La tarjeta madre o tarjeta principal, o placa base, o placa madre de una microcomputadora.

Key facts for motherboard
PropertyValue
Headwordmotherboard
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmað̞eɾβ̞oɾð̞]
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “motherboard” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). motherboard lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

motherboard is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,154 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmað̞eɾβ̞oɾð̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La tarjeta madre o tarjeta principal, o placa base, o placa madre de una microcomputadora.".

motherboard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is motherboard, spelled M-O-T-H-E-R-B-O-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    La tarjeta madre o tarjeta principal, o placa base, o placa madre de una microcomputadora.

Synonyms

placa madre

This word in other languages

motherboard(English)carte mère(Français)Hauptplatine(Deutsch)

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motherboard"?
"motherboard" is spelled M-O-T-H-E-R-B-O-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmað̞eɾβ̞oɾð̞].
What does "motherboard" mean?
As a noun, "motherboard" means: La tarjeta madre o tarjeta principal, o placa base, o placa madre de una microcomputadora.
How do you pronounce "motherboard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motherboard" is [ˈmað̞eɾβ̞oɾð̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motherboard" come from?
"motherboard" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “motherboard”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-T-H-E-R-B-O-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈmað̞eɾβ̞oɾð̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list