monogam
[monoˈɡaːm]
The verdict
“monogam” is uncommon German (frequency #81,889 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,889
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur mit einem Sexualpartner lebend
Corpus desk
Index DE-monogam · monogam · German
monogam · rank #81,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,889
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mordlust
Nearest frequency peer: Mordlust (+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 „monogam“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mittellosen
mittellosen
18,117 corpus weight
- mittelständ…
mittelständischer
18,116 corpus weight
- mitzufahren
mitzufahren
18,114 corpus weight
- monogam
monogam
18,112 corpus weight
- Mordlust
Mordlust
18,111 corpus weight
- mule
mule
18,109 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „monogam“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monogam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [monoˈɡaːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „monogam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
monogam is uncommon German at frequency #81,889 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [monoˈɡaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for monogam, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is monogam, spelled M-O-N-O-G-A-M.
Definition
- 1nur mit einem Sexualpartner lebend
- 2nur die Einehe kennend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how monogam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Menschen mit einer ausgeprägten Libido, die in einer monogamen Beziehung leben, haben es natürlich schwerer, treu zu bleiben und nicht fremdzugehen. “
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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