monströse

[mɔnˈstʁøːzə]

/[mɔnˈstʁøːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“monströse” is uncommon German (frequency #70,584 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,584
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monströs

Corpus desk

Index DE-monstrose · monströse · German

monströse · rank #70,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,584
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Monokulturen

Nearest frequency peer: Monokulturen (-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 „monströse“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „monströse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for monströse
PropertyValue
Headwordmonströse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[mɔnˈstʁøːzə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,584
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „monströse“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).monströsefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Monokulturen“ (#70,583), „Montagnachmittag“ (#70,585), „Mongolische“ (#70,582). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „monströse“ bei #70,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monströse is uncommon German at frequency #70,584 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɔnˈstʁøːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for monströse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is monströse, spelled M-O-N-S-T-R-Ö-S-E.

Definition

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

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 "monströse"?
"monströse" is spelled M-O-N-S-T-R-Ö-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [mɔnˈstʁøːzə].
What does "monströse" mean?
As an adjective, "monströse" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monströs
How do you pronounce "monströse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monströse" is [mɔnˈstʁøːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monströse" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "monströse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

möblierte#70,599Nagetiere#70,609necessary#70,612maskuline#70,549

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list