mundus

noun

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The verdict

“mundus” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,651 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#94,651
frequency rank, German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die (sichtbare) Welt, das Weltall

Key facts for mundus
PropertyValue
Headwordmundus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#94,651
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mundus” 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). mundus lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for mundus is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #94,651 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

mundus has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is mundus, spelled M-U-N-D-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    die (sichtbare) Welt, das Weltall
  2. 2
    der Himmel, Himmelskörper (Kometen et cetera)
  3. 3
    die Erde, der Erdkreis
  4. 4
    poetisch: „die Welt“ im Sinne von die Menschheit, die Menschen (allgemein)
  5. 5
    Toilettenartikel; Putz der Frauen

Synonyms

caelumterra

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 "mundus"?
"mundus" is spelled M-U-N-D-U-S.
What does "mundus" mean?
As a noun, "mundus" means: die (sichtbare) Welt, das Weltall
What language does "mundus" come from?
"mundus" 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 “mundus”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is M-U-N-D-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list