monkeys
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The verdict
“monkeys” is uncommon German (frequency #50,730 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,730
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs monkey
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monkeys |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “monkeys” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
monkeys is uncommon German at frequency #50,730 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs monkey".
No misspelling variants are generated for monkeys in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is monkeys, spelled M-O-N-K-E-Y-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs monkey
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 “monkeys”
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- The one correct German spelling is M-O-N-K-E-Y-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.