Allophon
[aloˈfoːn]
The verdict
“Allophon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante eines Phonems (langue)
Corpus desk
Index DE-allophon · Allophon · German
Allophon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Allophon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aloˈfoːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Allophon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Allophon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aloˈfoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante eines Phonems (langue)".
Allophon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Allophon, spelled A-L-L-O-P-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Variante eines Phonems (langue)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Allophon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Prinzip können alle bekannten Bereiche der Sprache, von den Allophonen bis zur Textstruktur und dem Lexikon, statistisch untersucht werden.“
„An weiteren wichtigen Allophonen sind nur noch die lokal verteilten Realisierungen von /r/ als [r, R] zu erwähnen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.