motivo

Name: motivo, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[moˈt̪iβ̞o]

/[moˈt̪iβ̞o]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“motivo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,145
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,868
“M” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Razón que mueve o motiva una consecuencia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-motivo · motivo · Spanish

motivo · rank #1,145 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,145
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 3,868
PHOTO-FINISH memoria

Nearest frequency peer: memoria (-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.

marca

98,858
memoria

98,857
motivo

98,856
opción

98,855
pase

98,854
pesos

98,853

What this shows “motivo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

motivo vs moto

67% similar

motivo vs movió

50% similar

motivo vs movido

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for motivo
Property	Value
Headword	motivo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[moˈt̪iβ̞o]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#1,145
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	17
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “motivo”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).motivocae aquí:

#1,145

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “memoria” (#1,144), “opción” (#1,146), “marca” (#1,143). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “motivo” va en #1,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around motivo (IPA [moˈt̪iβ̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,145 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for motivo, with forms such as "mmotivo", "moitvo", and "motibo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "moto", "movió", "movido", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is motivo, spelled M-O-T-I-V-O.

Definition

1
Razón que mueve o motiva una consecuencia.
2
Rasgo que se repite en una obra o conjunto de ellas.
3
Breve frase melódica o rítmica, normalmente demasiado corta para poder llamarse tema, usada a veces como un tópico puramente abstracto.
4
Perteneciente o relativo a una serie, a una emisión o a una colección de sellos, en los que se utiliza únicamente un tema. Por ejemplo: el coleccionismo de sellos sobre Lenin se denomina leniniana.

Synonyms

razón

This word in other languages

motive(English)motif(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mmotivo
moitvo
motibo
motiov
motivvo
mottivo
motvio
mtoivo
omtivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motivo - 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.

Edit distance from "motivo"

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 "motivo"?

"motivo" is spelled M-O-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈt̪iβ̞o].

What does "motivo" mean?

As a noun, "motivo" means: Razón que mueve o motiva una consecuencia.

What words are commonly confused with "motivo"?

"motivo" is commonly confused with "moto", "movió", "movido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "motivo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motivo" is [moˈt̪iβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "motivo" come from?

"motivo" is a Spanish 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 Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

opción#1,146 riesgo#1,155 calles#1,133 sentir#1,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

memoria9 variants aumento9 variants Reunión9 variants equipos9 variants