moon

[muːn]

/[muːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“moon” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,139) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#10,139
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Mond, der einzige natürliche Satellit der Erde

Corpus desk

Index DE-moon · moon · German

moon · rank #10,139 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,139
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Monarchie

Nearest frequency peer: Monarchie (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „moon“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „moon“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

moon vs mor
50% similar
moon vs mos
50% similar
moon vs mot
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for moon
PropertyValue
Headwordmoon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muːn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,139
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „moon“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).moonliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Monarchie“ (#10,138), „Mordes“ (#10,140), „mitspielen“ (#10,137). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „moon“ bei #10,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for moon is neighbouring look-alikes ("mor", "mos", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [muːn]. Frequency #10,139 among 3,571 “M” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for moon, with forms such as "mmoon", "mono", and "moonn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mor", "mos", "mot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is moon, spelled M-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Mond, der einzige natürliche Satellit der Erde
  2. 2
    Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist
  3. 3
    in der Literatur ein Monat, insbesondere ein Mondmonat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how moon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Why are you looking at the moon?
  2. Many moons went by.

Synonyms

satellitemonthcalendar monthlunar month

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoon
  • mono
  • moonn
  • omon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmoon1mono2moonn1omon2
Edit distance from "moon"

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 "moon"?
"moon" is spelled M-O-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [muːn].
What does "moon" mean?
As a noun, "moon" means: der Mond, der einzige natürliche Satellit der Erde
What words are commonly confused with "moon"?
"moon" is commonly confused with "mor", "mos", "mot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moon" is [muːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moon" come from?
"moon" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

luis#10,126rauf#10,157Sara#10,162hing#10,109

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list