mildesvsMondesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mildes is a adjective, Mondes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mildes” is an adjective and “Mondes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,457
“mildes” frequency rank
#21,700
“Mondes” frequency rank
67157
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mildes Mondes
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mild Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Mond

Where the eye mixes mildes and Mondes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mildes and Mondes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
mildes
6 ch
Mondes

Visual trap between mildes and Mondes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mildes is [ˈmɪldəs] while Mondes is [ˈmoːndəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mildes is recorded at frequency rank #45,457, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪldəs]. Mondes is at rank #21,700, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoːndəs].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 67157, this pair ranks #549,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mildes vs Mondes

Shared letters: dems. Private to "mildes": il. Private to "Mondes": no.

"mildes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Mondes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mildes ← imldes · midles · milddes · mildess · mildse · mileds · milldes · mlides
  • Mondes ← mmondes · mnodes · modnes · monddes · mondess · mondse · moneds · monndes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mildes" for "Mondes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mildes" is an adjective and "Mondes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mildes" or "Mondes" show up more?
"Mondes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,700 in our German list, against #45,457 for "mildes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mildes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mondes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #549,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mildes" and "Mondes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mildes vs Milfs". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #549,434 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list