montvsmonthWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#20,007
“mont” frequency rank
#46,155
“month” frequency rank
66162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mont month
Definition der Berg Zwölftel des Jahres, mit einer Dauer von 28 bis 31 Tagen: Monat

Letter map: mont vs month

Shared letters muted; letters that set mont and month apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mont runs 4 letters (CVCC) against month's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mont
5 ch
month

Spelling & dictionary notes on mont vs month

mont and month are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mont” sits inside “month”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mont is recorded at frequency rank #20,007, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. month is at rank #46,155, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mʌnθ].

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 66162, this pair ranks #582,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mont vs month

Shared letters: mnot. Private to "mont": -. Private to "month": h.

"mont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "month" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mont ← mmont · mnot · monnt · montt · motn · omnt
  • month ← mmonth · mnoth · monht · monnth · monthh · montth · motnh · omnth

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mont" for "month" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mont” sits inside “month”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "mont" or "month" show up more?
"mont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,007 in our German list, against #46,155 for "month". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "mont" vs "month" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mont" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "month" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #582,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mont" and "month" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "month 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 #582,563 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