motor

/[moˈt̪oɾ]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,176

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

motor is anSpanishadj. It means: Que mueve. Pronounced [moˈt̪oɾ]. It ranks #2,176 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mozo and mover.

Key facts for motor
PropertyValue
Headwordmotor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[moˈt̪oɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,176
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of motor in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for motor is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈt̪oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,176 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que mueve.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for motor, with forms such as "mmotor", "mootr", and "motorr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mozo", "mover", "motos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is motor, spelled M-O-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que mueve.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmotor,mootr,motorr,motro,mottor,mtoor,omtor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for motor

Misspelling Variants of "motor"

mmotor6mootr5motorr6motro5mottor6mtoor5omtor5
Misspelling Variants of "motor"

Frequency rank: #2,176 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motor"?
"motor" is spelled M-O-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈt̪oɾ].
What does "motor" mean?
As an adj, "motor" means: Que mueve.
What words are commonly confused with "motor"?
"motor" is commonly confused with "mozo", "mover", "motos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "motor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motor" is [moˈt̪oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motor" come from?
"motor" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.