Moment

/[moˈmɛnt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#648

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Moment is aGermannoun. It means: sehr kurz andauernde Zeitspanne Pronounced [moˈmɛnt]. It ranks #648 in German word frequency. Often confused with mont and Möwen.

Key facts for Moment
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HeadwordMoment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moˈmɛnt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#648
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Moment in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Moment is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈmɛnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #648 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Moment, with forms such as "mmoent", "mmoment", and "moemnt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "mont", "Möwen", "Monet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Moment, spelled M-O-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr kurz andauernde Zeitspanne
  2. 2
    Zeitpunkt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoent,mmoment,moemnt,momennt,momentt,mometn,momment,momnet,omment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Moment

Misspelling Variants of "Moment"

mmoent6mmoment7moemnt6momennt7momentt7mometn6momment7momnet6
Misspelling Variants of "Moment"

Frequency rank: #648 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Moment"?
"Moment" is spelled M-O-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈmɛnt].
What does "Moment" mean?
As a noun, "Moment" means: sehr kurz andauernde Zeitspanne
What words are commonly confused with "Moment"?
"Moment" is commonly confused with "mont", "Möwen", "Monet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Moment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Moment" is [moˈmɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Moment" come from?
"Moment" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.