mittvsmontWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mitt is a unknown, mont is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mitt” is an unknown and “mont” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,812
“mitt” frequency rank
#20,007
“mont” frequency rank
54819
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mitt mont
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum des Possessivpronomens minn der Berg

Letter map: mitt vs mont

Shared letters muted; letters that set mitt and mont apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mitt
4 ch
mont

Grammar separator: mitt vs mont

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mitt is anunknown and montanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mitt is recorded at frequency rank #34,812, classified as anunknown, pronounced [mɪhtʰ]. mont is at rank #20,007, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 54819, this pair ranks #1,003,731 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mitt vs mont

Shared letters: mt. Private to "mitt": i. Private to "mont": no.

"mitt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "mont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mittimtt · mmitt · mtit
  • montmmont · mnot · monnt · montt · motn · omnt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mitt" for "mont" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mitt" is an unknown and "mont" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mitt" or "mont" show up more?
"mont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,007 in our German list, against #34,812 for "mitt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mitt" and "mont".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mitt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mont" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,003,731 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mitt" and "mont" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mietet vs mitt". 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 #1,003,731 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