Hintergrundmusik

Name: Hintergrundmusik, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈhɪntɐɡʁʊntmuˌziːk]

/[ˈhɪntɐɡʁʊntmuˌziːk]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Hintergrundmusik” has 26 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,481
frequency rank, German: 3,372
“H” headwords: 26
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musik, die im Hintergrund gespielt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-hintergrundmusik · Hintergrundmusik · German

Hintergrundmusik · rank #47,481 · 26 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #47,481
LEN-MEGA 16 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 26 variants
BOOK-MID 3,372
PHOTO-FINISH Herzenslust

Nearest frequency peer: Herzenslust (-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.

Hergang

52,523
herkömmlich…

52,522
Herzenslust

52,521
Hintergrund…

52,520
hinzukommt

52,519
hochgehen

52,518

What this shows „Hintergrundmusik“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Hintergrundmusik
Property	Value
Headword	Hintergrundmusik
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈhɪntɐɡʁʊntmuˌziːk]
Letters	16
Frequency rank	#47,481
Misspellings tracked	26
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hintergrundmusik“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hintergrundmusikliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#47,481

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Herzenslust“ (#47,480), „hinzukommt“ (#47,482), „herkömmlicher“ (#47,479). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hintergrundmusik“ bei #47,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 26 spelling variants around Hintergrundmusik (IPA [ˈhɪntɐɡʁʊntmuˌziːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,481 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Musik, die im Hintergrund gespielt wird".

Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hintergrundmusik, with forms such as "hhintergrundmusik", "hinetrgrundmusik", and "hinntergrundmusik". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Hintergrundmusik, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-G-R-U-N-D-M-U-S-I-K.

Definition

1
Musik, die im Hintergrund gespielt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Wir geben die Zügel unserer Kultur nicht gern aus der Hand. Um dann unsere Musik im Aufzug hören zu müssen. Die Balladen unserer Revolution, zu Hintergrundmusik der Fernsehwerbung geworden.“
„Durch die geschlossenen Zugangstüren drangen Stimmengewirr, Besteck- und Geschirrgeräusche sowie Hintergrundmusik.“

This word in other languages

música de fondo(Español)musique d'ambiance(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

hhintergrundmusik
hinetrgrundmusik
hinntergrundmusik
hintegrrundmusik
hinterggrundmusik
hintergrnudmusik
hintergrrundmusik
hintergrudnmusik
hintergrunddmusik
hintergrundmmusik
hintergrundmsuik
hintergrundmuisk
hintergrundmusikk
hintergrundmuski
hintergrundmussik
hintergrundumsik
hintergrunmdusik
hintergrunndmusik
hintergurndmusik
hinterrgrundmusik
hinterrgundmusik
hintregrundmusik
hinttergrundmusik
hitnergrundmusik
hnitergrundmusik
ihntergrundmusik

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hintergrundmusik - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Hintergrundmusik"

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 "Hintergrundmusik"?

"Hintergrundmusik" is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-G-R-U-N-D-M-U-S-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪntɐɡʁʊntmuˌziːk].

What does "Hintergrundmusik" mean?

As a noun, "Hintergrundmusik" means: Musik, die im Hintergrund gespielt wird

What are common misspellings of "Hintergrundmusik"?

Common misspellings include "hhintergrundmusik", "hinetrgrundmusik", "hinntergrundmusik", "hintegrrundmusik", "hinterggrundmusik". The correct spelling is "Hintergrundmusik".

How do you pronounce "Hintergrundmusik"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hintergrundmusik" is [ˈhɪntɐɡʁʊntmuˌziːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Hintergrundmusik" come from?

"Hintergrundmusik" 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 "Hintergrundmusik", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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