Mond

[moːnt]

/[moːnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mond” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,607
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist

Corpus desk

Index DE-mond · Mond · German

Mond · rank #3,607 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,607
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mobile

Nearest frequency peer: mobile (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Mond“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Mond“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Mond vs mor
25% similar
Mond vs mos
25% similar
Mond vs mot
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Mond
PropertyValue
HeadwordMond
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moːnt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,607
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mond“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Mondliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „mobile“ (#3,606), „nackt“ (#3,608), „Mitarbeitern“ (#3,605). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mond“ bei #3,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Mond (IPA [moːnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,607 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mond, with forms such as "mmond", "mnod", and "modn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mor", "mos", "mot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Mond, spelled M-O-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist
  2. 2
    der die Erde umkreisende Mond, der Erdmond, natürlicher Satellit, Trabant der Erde
  3. 3
    Monat
  4. 4
    etwas, das äußerlich die Form eines Halbkreises hat
  5. 5
    das Möndchen (Lunula), der sichtbare halbmondförmige Teil der Matrix von Finger- oder Zehennagel
  6. 6
    Halbmond, ein Symbol in Flaggen und Wappen
  7. 7
    Spielkarte, beim Tarock die Nummer XXI, beim Tarot die Nummer XVIII

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Phobos und Deimos sind die beiden Monde des Mars.
  2. „Trifft das noch zu im Zeitalter der Weltraumfahrt? Dieses Wort ist eine maßlose Übertreibung, ebenso wie sein Synonym Astronautik. Es gibt eine Reihe von Vergleichen, die das anschaulich machen. Einer mag genügen: Wenn jemand am Alpenrand, etwa bei Grainau unweit Garmisch, in 900 m Höhe über dem Meeresspiegel steht und zum Gipfel der Zugspitze (2000 m üb…

Synonyms

BegleiterErdmondTrabantErdtrabantFrau LunaLunaSchweinesonneMöndchenHalbmondLunula

Antonyms

PlanetSonne

This word in other languages

moon(English)satélite(Español)satellite(Français)lua(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmond
  • mnod
  • modn
  • mondd
  • monnd
  • omnd

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mond - 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.

mmond1mnod2modn2mondd1monnd1omnd2
Edit distance from "Mond"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mond"?
"Mond" is spelled M-O-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [moːnt].
What does "Mond" mean?
As a noun, "Mond" means: Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist
What words are commonly confused with "Mond"?
"Mond" is commonly confused with "mor", "mos", "mot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mond"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mond" is [moːnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mond" come from?
"Mond" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mond", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lady#3,599Rose#3,617Knie#3,596Zoll#3,630

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list