Halbton
[ˈhalpˌtoːn]
The verdict
“Halbton” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intervallabstand einer kleinen Sekunde; kleinstes Intervall im zwölfstufigen Tonsystem
Corpus desk
Index DE-halbton · Halbton · German
Halbton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Halbton |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalpˌtoːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Halbton“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Halbton is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalpˌtoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intervallabstand einer kleinen Sekunde; kleinstes Intervall im zwölfstufigen Tonsystem".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Halbton, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Halbton, spelled H-A-L-B-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Intervallabstand einer kleinen Sekunde; kleinstes Intervall im zwölfstufigen Tonsystem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Halbton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Geht man von E einen Halbton nach oben, kommt man auf das F. Der nächste Halbton wäre dann das Fis.
„Nur Kants Summen hängt einen Halbton hinter den anderen beiden Chormitgliedern zurück.“
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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.