acoustic

[əˈkuːstɪk]

/[əˈkuːstɪk]/ noun

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The verdict

“acoustic” is uncommon German (frequency #53,438 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,438
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-acoustic · acoustic · German

acoustic · rank #53,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,438
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ackern

Nearest frequency peer: ackern (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „acoustic“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „acoustic“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acoustic
PropertyValue
Headwordacoustic
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[əˈkuːstɪk]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „acoustic“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.acousticfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ackern“ (#53,437), „Addis“ (#53,439), „accounting“ (#53,436). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „acoustic“ bei #53,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acoustic is uncommon German at frequency #53,438 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈkuːstɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Akustik".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acoustic, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is acoustic, spelled A-C-O-U-S-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Akustik

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Acoustics deals with the study of sound.

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 "acoustic"?
"acoustic" is spelled A-C-O-U-S-T-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is [əˈkuːstɪk].
What does "acoustic" mean?
As a noun, "acoustic" means: Akustik
How do you pronounce "acoustic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acoustic" is [əˈkuːstɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acoustic" come from?
"acoustic" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abwählen#53,433Akzenten#53,448Ambition#53,456ältestes#53,415

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list