Munk
"munk" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Munk” is uncommon English (frequency #57,574 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,574
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-munk · Munk · English
Munk · rank #57,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,574
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH munger
Nearest frequency peer: munger (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Munk”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Morrill
Morrill
42,430 corpus weight
- mouldy
mouldy
42,429 corpus weight
- munger
munger
42,428 corpus weight
- Munk
Munk
42,427 corpus weight
- Murph
Murph
42,426 corpus weight
- musicality
musicality
42,424 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Munk” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Munk” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Munk is uncommon English at frequency #57,574 among 4,057 “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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