MondvsmundoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,607
“Mond” frequency rank
#43,365
“mundo” frequency rank
46972
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mond mundo
Definition Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist Welt f

Where the eye mixes Mond and mundo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Mond runs 4 letters (CVCC) against mundo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Mond
5 ch
mundo

Why the eye confuses Mond with mundo

A purely visual mix-up. Mond ([moːnt]) and mundo ([ˈmundo]) 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 46972, 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]. mundo is at rank #43,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmundo].

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 46972, this pair ranks #1,300,609 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mond vs mundo

Shared letters: dmno. Private to "Mond": -. Private to "mundo": u.

"Mond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "mundo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mond ← mmond · mnod · modn · mondd · monnd · omnd
  • mundo ← mmundo · mnudo · mudno · munddo · munndo · munod · umndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mond" for "mundo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([moːnt] versus [ˈmundo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Mond" vs "mundo" - which ranks higher?
"Mond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,607 in our German list, against #43,365 for "mundo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Mond" and "mundo" 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 "mundo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,300,609 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mond" and "mundo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mundo vs münz". 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 #1,300,609 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