Mangonel
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The verdict
“Mangonel” 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) - einarmiges Katapult
Corpus desk
Index DE-mangonel · Mangonel · German
Mangonel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Mangonel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mangonel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mangonel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einarmiges Katapult".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mangonel in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mangonel, spelled M-A-N-G-O-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1einarmiges Katapult
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mangonel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deshalb haben wir ein kleines und möglichst leichtes Modell konzipiert, eine Mangonel.
Der Mangonel. Strutt vermuthet, er sey eine Art von Katapulta (1. Abthl. §. 489) gewesen, jedoch von einer kleinern Gattung, als jene, derer weiter unten erwähnet wird.
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.