Infraschall

[ˈɪnfʁaˌʃal]

/[ˈɪnfʁaˌʃal]/ noun

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The verdict

“Infraschall” is uncommon German (frequency #94,446 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,446
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schall, dessen Frequenzbereich bei unter 16 Hertz liegt und somit für Menschen nicht hörbar ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-infraschall · Infraschall · German

Infraschall · rank #94,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,446
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH infant

Nearest frequency peer: infant (-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 „Infraschall“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Infraschall
PropertyValue
HeadwordInfraschall
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪnfʁaˌʃal]
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,446
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Infraschall“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Infraschallfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „infant“ (#94,445), „intaktes“ (#94,447), „intersexuelle“ (#94,448). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Infraschall“ bei #94,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Infraschall is uncommon German at frequency #94,446 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪnfʁaˌʃal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schall, dessen Frequenzbereich bei unter 16 Hertz liegt und somit für Menschen nicht hörbar ist".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Infraschall, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Infraschall, spelled I-N-F-R-A-S-C-H-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schall, dessen Frequenzbereich bei unter 16 Hertz liegt und somit für Menschen nicht hörbar ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Während Infraschall teilweise über Körperschall als Vibration wahrgenommen werden kann, ist Ultraschall für den Menschen nicht wahrnehmbar.“

Antonyms

HörschallHyperschallUltraschall

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 "Infraschall"?
"Infraschall" is spelled I-N-F-R-A-S-C-H-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnfʁaˌʃal].
What does "Infraschall" mean?
As a noun, "Infraschall" means: Schall, dessen Frequenzbereich bei unter 16 Hertz liegt und somit für Menschen nicht hörbar ist
How do you pronounce "Infraschall"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Infraschall" is [ˈɪnfʁaˌʃal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Infraschall" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list