mundivsPlanckWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mundi is a noun, Planck is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mundi” is a noun and “Planck” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,013
“mundi” frequency rank
#15,968
“Planck” frequency rank
57981
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mundi Planck
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs mundus deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: mundi vs Planck

Shared letters muted; letters that set mundi and Planck apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mundi runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against Planck's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
mundi
6 ch
Planck

Role in the sentence - mundi and Planck

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mundi is anoun and Planckaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mundi is recorded at frequency rank #42,013, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Planck is at rank #15,968, tagged as aname, 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 57981, this pair ranks #880,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mundi vs Planck

Shared letters: n. Private to "mundi": dimu. Private to "Planck": acklp.

"mundi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Planck" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mundi ← mmundi · mnudi · mudni · munddi · munid · munndi · umndi
  • Planck ← lpanck · palnck · placnk · plancck · planckk · plankc · plannck · pllanck

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mundi" for "Planck" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mundi" is a noun and "Planck" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mundi" vs "Planck" - which ranks higher?
"Planck" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,968 in our German list, against #42,013 for "mundi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "mundi" vs "Planck" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mundi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Planck" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #880,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mundi" and "Planck" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mundi 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 #880,217 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