MondvsmonkWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#3,607
“Mond” frequency rank
#24,838
“monk” frequency rank
28445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mond monk
Definition Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist Mönch

Where the eye mixes Mond and monk

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Mond
4 ch
monk

Visual trap between Mond and monk

A purely visual mix-up. Mond ([moːnt]) and monk ([mʌŋk]) 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 a single letter - d in “Mond” becomes k in “monk”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mond is recorded at frequency rank #3,607, classified as anoun, pronounced [moːnt]. monk is at rank #24,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mʌŋk].

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 28445, this pair ranks #1,784,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Mond vs monk

Shared letters: mno. Private to "Mond": d. Private to "monk": k.

"Mond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "monk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mondmmond · mnod · modn · mondd · monnd · omnd
  • monkmmonk · mnok · mokn · monkk · monnk · omnk

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mond" for "monk" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([moːnt] versus [mʌŋk]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Mond" or "monk"?
"Mond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,607 in our German list, against #24,838 for "monk". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Mond" and "monk" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "monk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,784,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mond" and "monk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monk vs mora". 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 #1,784,642 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