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 September 3, 2026) - Primatenart mit auffälligen rot-blauen Farbpartien im Gesicht und am Gesäß, die in Zentralafrika beheimatet ist
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Index DE-mandrill · Mandrill · German
Mandrill · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mandrill |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [manˈdʁɪl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mandrill“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mandrill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und der Wirt hatte blaue Backen wie ein Mandrill, halb blaurot vom Wein, halb blauschwarz von der ungezähmten Dichte seines Bartwuchses, dem das Rasiermesser nur stundenweise etwas menschlichere Manieren beibringen konnte.“
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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.