# Mendel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,497

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a south German surname, variant of Meindl, from a pet form of Mein.
* As a Jewish given name, from the Yiddish personal name מענדל (Mendl), a diminutive form of מאַן (man, “man”), an affectionate form of מנחם (m'nachém), or ultimately from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.

## Easily confused with
- **model** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-model)
- **monde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-monde)
- **mental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-mental)
- **minded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-minded)
- **Merkel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-merkel)
- **Mendes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-mendes)
- **Mendez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-mendez)
- **menial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-menial)
- **mend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mend-vs-mendel)
- **medal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medal-vs-mendel)
- **Meade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-mendel)
- **Medea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medea-vs-mendel)
- **Manuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manuel-vs-mendel)
- **mantel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mantel-vs-mendel)
- **Mandel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mendel)
- **Mandela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandela-vs-mendel)
- **meander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meander-vs-mendel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emndel`, `mednel`, `menddel`, `mendell`, `mendle`, `menedl`, `menndel`, `mmendel`, `mnedel`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mendel