Monstranz
[mɔnˈstʁant͡s]
The verdict
“Monstranz” is uncommon German (frequency #75,986 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,986
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schmuckvoll gestaltetes, reich verziertes (zumeist goldenes) liturgisches Objekt, in welchem in der Mitte hinter einem kleinen Fenster eine geweihte (konsekrierte) Hostie (das Allerheiligste) als d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Monstranz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɔnˈstʁant͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Monstranz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Monstranz is uncommon German at frequency #75,986 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɔnˈstʁant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmuckvoll gestaltetes, reich verziertes (zumeist goldenes) liturgisches Objekt, in welchem in der Mitte hinter einem kleinen Fenster eine geweihte (konsekrierte) Hostie (das Allerheiligste) als d...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Monstranz in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Monstranz, spelled M-O-N-S-T-R-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 1schmuckvoll gestaltetes, reich verziertes (zumeist goldenes) liturgisches Objekt, in welchem in der Mitte hinter einem kleinen Fenster eine geweihte (konsekrierte) Hostie (das Allerheiligste) als der Leib Christi zur Verehrung sichtbar ausgestellt (gezeigt) wird
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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Using “Monstranz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-O-N-S-T-R-A-N-Z - 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.