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

#20,007
“mont” frequency rank
#31,825
“tops” frequency rank
51832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mont tops
Definition der Berg Plural des Substantivs top

Letter map: mont vs tops

Shared letters muted; letters that set mont and tops apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mont and tops follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
mont
4 ch
tops

Corpus notes: mont and tops

mont and tops 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mont is recorded at frequency rank #20,007, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tops is at rank #31,825, tagged as anoun, 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 51832, this pair ranks #1,120,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mont vs tops

Shared letters: ot. Private to "mont": mn. Private to "tops": ps.

"mont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montmmont · mnot · monnt · montt · motn · omnt
  • topsotps · topps · topss · tosp · tpos · ttops

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mont" and "tops" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mont" vs "tops" - which ranks higher?
"mont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,007 in our German list, against #31,825 for "tops". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mont" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,120,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mont" and "tops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tops". 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 #1,120,286 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