monotone

Name: monotone, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[monoˈtoːnə]

/[monoˈtoːnə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“monotone” is uncommon German (frequency #64,535 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,535
frequency rank, German: 44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton

Key facts for monotone
Property	Value
Headword	monotone
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[monoˈtoːnə]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#64,535
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “monotone” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). monotone lands here:

#64,535

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monotone is uncommon German at frequency #64,535 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [monoˈtoːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

monotone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 monotone, spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monotone"?

"monotone" is spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [monoˈtoːnə].

What does "monotone" mean?

As an adjective, "monotone" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton

How do you pronounce "monotone"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monotone" is [monoˈtoːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "monotone" come from?

"monotone" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “monotone”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E - 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.