MonatevsmonteWhich spelling fits?

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“Monate” and “monte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#781
“Monate” frequency rank
#10,526
“monte” frequency rank
11307
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Monate monte
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Monat der Berg

Where the eye mixes Monate and monte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Monate
5 ch
monte

Look-alike desk: Monate vs monte

A purely visual mix-up. Monate ([ˈmoːnatə]) and monte ([ˈmonte]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Monate is recorded at frequency rank #781, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoːnatə]. monte is at rank #10,526, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmonte].

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 11307, this pair ranks #1,970,559 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Monate vs monte

Shared letters: emnot. Private to "Monate": a. Private to "monte": -.

"Monate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "monte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Monatemmonate · mnoate · moante · monaet · monatte · monnate · montae · omnate
  • montemmonte · mnote · monnte · montte · motne · omnte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Monate" and "monte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmoːnatə] versus [ˈmonte]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Monate" or "monte"?
"Monate" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #781 in our German list, against #10,526 for "monte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Monate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "monte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,970,559 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Monate" and "monte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Möhre vs monte". 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 #1,970,559 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