Monogamie
[ˌmonoɡaˈmiː]
The verdict
“Monogamie” is an uncommon German word, ranked #66,506 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,506
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Form der ausschließlichen Paarbeziehung zwischen zwei Individuen; das (zeitlich befristete oder permanente) monogame Zusammenleben; die Einehe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Monogamie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌmonoɡaˈmiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Monogamie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Monogamie is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌmonoɡaˈmiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,506 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Form der ausschließlichen Paarbeziehung zwischen zwei Individuen; das (zeitlich befristete oder permanente) monogame Zusammenleben; die Einehe".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Monogamie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Monogamie, spelled M-O-N-O-G-A-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Form der ausschließlichen Paarbeziehung zwischen zwei Individuen; das (zeitlich befristete oder permanente) monogame Zusammenleben; die Einehe
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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 “Monogamie”
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- The one correct German spelling is M-O-N-O-G-A-M-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.