monochrom
[monoˈkʁoːm]
The verdict
“monochrom” is uncommon German (frequency #86,822 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,822
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur eine Farbe habend; von nur einer Wellenlänge
Corpus desk
Index DE-monochrom · monochrom · German
monochrom · rank #86,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,822
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH monotheistisc…
Nearest frequency peer: monotheistischen (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „monochrom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mitschüleri…
Mitschülerinnen
13,185 corpus weight
- Mittelsachs…
Mittelsachsen
13,184 corpus weight
- monochrom
monochrom
13,179 corpus weight
- monotheisti…
monotheistischen
13,178 corpus weight
- Monrovia
Monrovia
13,177 corpus weight
- montes
montes
13,176 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „monochrom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monochrom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [monoˈkʁoːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „monochrom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
monochrom is uncommon German at frequency #86,822 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [monoˈkʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nur eine Farbe habend; von nur einer Wellenlänge".
No misspelling variants are generated for monochrom in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is monochrom, spelled M-O-N-O-C-H-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1nur eine Farbe habend; von nur einer Wellenlänge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monochrom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Menschen in dieser Stadt sind so monochrom gekleidet.
„Der Film, spröde, langsam und leise, mal monochrom, mal dunkel beleuchtet, nach außen so aufgeräumt und kühl wie die Wohnung der Hauptfigur zum Schluss, nach innen immer mehr Druck erzeugend, ist kein Thriller, hat von Krimi nichts, es tauchen keine Polizisten auf, Straftaten werden nicht gezeigt.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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