MondvsmotWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#3,607
“Mond” frequency rank
#42,693
“mot” frequency rank
46300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mond mot
Definition Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist Wort

Where the eye mixes Mond and mot

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Mond
3 ch
mot

Look-alike desk: Mond vs mot

A purely visual mix-up. Mond ([moːnt]) and mot ([mo]) 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 46300, 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]. mot is at rank #42,693, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mo].

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 46300, this pair ranks #1,323,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mond vs mot

Shared letters: mo. Private to "Mond": dn. Private to "mot": t.

"Mond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "mot" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mondmmond · mnod · modn · mondd · monnd · omnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mond" for "mot" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([moːnt] versus [mo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Mond" or "mot" show up more?
"Mond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,607 in our German list, against #42,693 for "mot". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,323,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mond" and "mot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mora vs mot". 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 #1,323,893 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