Mammon

[ˈmamɔn]

/[ˈmamɔn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mammon” is uncommon German (frequency #70,541 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,541
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geld in seiner Eigenschaft als Zahlungsmittel für Status und Luxus

Corpus desk

Index DE-mammon · Mammon · German

Mammon · rank #70,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,541
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH malm

Nearest frequency peer: malm (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mammon“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mammon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mammon
PropertyValue
HeadwordMammon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmamɔn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,541
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mammon“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mammonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „malm“ (#70,540), „manage“ (#70,542), „Majestäten“ (#70,539). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mammon“ bei #70,541. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mammon is uncommon German at frequency #70,541 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmamɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Mammon in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mammon, spelled M-A-M-M-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Geld in seiner Eigenschaft als Zahlungsmittel für Status und Luxus
  2. 2
    Reichtum als Götze, auch unredlich erworbener Gewinn oder unmoralisch eingesetzter Reichtum
  3. 3
    ein Dämon, der den Menschen zum Geiz verführt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mammon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Was nützt der ganze Mammon, wenn man doch nicht glücklich ist.
  2. „Auch bei den Katholiken im ›Kreis‹ wollte nie einer über den ungerechten Mammon sprechen, Kinkel und Sommerwild lächelten immer nur verlegen, wenn ich sie darauf ansprach – als hätten sie Christus bei einem peinlichen Lapsus ertappt, und Fredebeul sprach von dem Verschleiß durch die Geschichte, den dieser Ausdruck erfahren habe.“

Synonyms

GeldZasterKrötenMäuseKohleKiesKneteMoosPesetenPiepenPulverSchotter

This word in other languages

Mammon(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mammon"?
"Mammon" is spelled M-A-M-M-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmamɔn].
What does "Mammon" mean?
As a noun, "Mammon" means: Geld in seiner Eigenschaft als Zahlungsmittel für Status und Luxus
How do you pronounce "Mammon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mammon" is [ˈmamɔn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mammon" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mammon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manage#70,542Machos#70,533length#70,514Lacken#70,504

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list