mountain

[ˈmaʊntən]

/[ˈmaʊntən]/ noun

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The verdict

“mountain” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,903
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berg

Corpus desk

Index DE-mountain · mountain · German

mountain · rank #10,903 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,903
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mitgemacht

Nearest frequency peer: mitgemacht (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „mountain“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „mountain“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

mountain vs mountains
89% similar

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

Key facts for mountain
PropertyValue
Headwordmountain
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmaʊntən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,903
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „mountain“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.mountainliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „mitgemacht“ (#10,902), „Nadel“ (#10,904), „misstrauen“ (#10,901). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mountain“ bei #10,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mountain (IPA [ˈmaʊntən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,903 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mountain, with forms such as "mmountain", "monutain", and "mounatin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mountains", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is mountain, spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Berg
  2. 2
    Gebirge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In the Alps you can see lots of mountains.
  2. I like climbing in the mountains.

Synonyms

peak

Antonyms

hillHügel

This word in other languages

montagne(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmountain
  • monutain
  • mounatin
  • mounntain
  • mountainn
  • mountani
  • mountian
  • mounttain
  • moutnain
  • muontain
  • omuntain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mountain - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmountain1monutain2mounatin2mounntain1mountainn1mountani2mountian2mounttain1
Edit distance from "mountain"

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 "mountain"?
"mountain" is spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaʊntən].
What does "mountain" mean?
As a noun, "mountain" means: Berg
What words are commonly confused with "mountain"?
"mountain" is commonly confused with "mountains". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mountain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mountain" is [ˈmaʊntən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mountain" come from?
"mountain" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

hungrig11 variantsSchuhen11 variantshiesigen11 variantsHartmut11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list