Monokel
[moˈnɔkl̩]
The verdict
“Monokel” is uncommon German (frequency #85,602 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,602
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heute eher unübliche Sehhilfe, die aus einem Glas besteht und die am Auge eingeklemmt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-monokel · Monokel · German
Monokel · rank #85,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,602
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Monatslohn
Nearest frequency peer: Monatslohn (-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 „Monokel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mitzugehen
mitzugehen
14,404 corpus weight
- Molle
Molle
14,401 corpus weight
- Monatslohn
Monatslohn
14,400 corpus weight
- Monokel
Monokel
14,399 corpus weight
- Moralität
Moralität
14,398 corpus weight
- Morgenlicht
Morgenlicht
14,396 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Monokel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Monokel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moˈnɔkl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Monokel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Monokel is uncommon German at frequency #85,602 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [moˈnɔkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heute eher unübliche Sehhilfe, die aus einem Glas besteht und die am Auge eingeklemmt wird".
Monokel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Monokel, spelled M-O-N-O-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1heute eher unübliche Sehhilfe, die aus einem Glas besteht und die am Auge eingeklemmt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Monokel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein alter Onkel Waldemar trug beim Zeitunglesen stets ein Monokel.
„Alsdann wurde man wohlwollend durch ein Monokel gemustert und den ausufernden Kiegserinnerungen des alten Herrn ausgesetzt, die man ergebenst über sich ergehen ließ.“
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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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