montvspartsConfusable pair

Quick tell: mont is a noun, parts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mont” is a noun and “parts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,007
“mont” frequency rank
#21,016
“parts” frequency rank
41023
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mont parts
Definition der Berg 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs part

Letter map: mont vs parts

Shared letters muted; letters that set mont and parts apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mont runs 4 letters (CVCC) against parts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mont
5 ch
parts

Role in the sentence - mont and parts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mont is anoun and partsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mont is recorded at frequency rank #20,007, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. parts is at rank #21,016, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 41023, this pair ranks #1,491,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mont vs parts

Shared letters: t. Private to "mont": mno. Private to "parts": aprs.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montmmont · mnot · monnt · montt · motn · omnt
  • partsaprts · parrts · parst · partss · partts · patrs · pparts · prats

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mont" for "parts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mont" is a noun and "parts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mont" vs "parts" - which ranks higher?
"mont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,007 in our German list, against #21,016 for "parts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mont" and "parts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mont" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,491,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mont" and "parts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parts vs puzzles". 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 #1,491,508 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