Monate
[ˈmoːnatə]
The verdict
“Monate” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #781 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #781
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Monat
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Monate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoːnatə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Monate” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Monate is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmoːnatə]. Corpus data places it at rank #781 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Monate, with forms such as "mmonate", "mnoate", and "moante". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mont", "monte", "monde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Monate, spelled M-O-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Monat
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Monat
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Monat
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Monat
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmonate,mnoate,moante,monaet,monatte,monnate,montae,omnate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Monate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Monate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-O-N-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmoːnatə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mont” - see the side-by-side comparison. Monate vs mont
- 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.