Mandrill
[manˈdʁɪl]
The verdict
“Mandrill” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primatenart mit auffälligen rot-blauen Farbpartien im Gesicht und am Gesäß, die in Zentralafrika beheimatet ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mandrill |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [manˈdʁɪl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mandrill” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mandrill is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [manˈdʁɪl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primatenart mit auffälligen rot-blauen Farbpartien im Gesicht und am Gesäß, die in Zentralafrika beheimatet ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mandrill, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mandrill, spelled M-A-N-D-R-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1Primatenart mit auffälligen rot-blauen Farbpartien im Gesicht und am Gesäß, die in Zentralafrika beheimatet ist
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Mandrill”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-N-D-R-I-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [manˈdʁɪl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.