Munk
"munk" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Munk” is uncommon English (frequency #57,574 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,574
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Munk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Munk” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Munk is uncommon English at frequency #57,574 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Munk, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a German (Münk), Scandinavian/North Germanic (mainly Danish), and Dutch surname, all from the noun Mönch (“monk”). Compare Munck. * Also as a German surname, short form of the medieval name Dominicus. See Dominick. * Also as a German surname, from the … The correct English form is Munk, spelled M-U-N-K.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
* As a German (Münk), Scandinavian/North Germanic (mainly Danish), and Dutch surname, all from the noun Mönch (“monk”). Compare Munck. * Also as a German surname, short form of the medieval name Dominicus. See Dominick. * Also as a German surname, from the place Münk in Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. The placename is attested as early as 1583 (Middle High German Monnike) and itself could be related to the word for monk. * As an English surname, variant of Monk. * As a Jewish surname, from M(o)unka, the Czech pet form of Solomon.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Munk”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-U-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.