Klangkörper
[ˈklaŋˌkœʁpɐ]
The verdict
“Klangkörper” is uncommon German (frequency #72,610 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,610
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Orchester oder Chor
Corpus desk
Index DE-klangkorper · Klangkörper · German
Klangkörper · rank #72,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,610
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH klaffende
Nearest frequency peer: klaffende (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Klangkörper”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kinderärzte
Kinderärzte
27,396 corpus weight
- Kippa
Kippa
27,395 corpus weight
- klaffende
klaffende
27,393 corpus weight
- Klangkörper
Klangkörper
27,391 corpus weight
- Klassenkame…
Klassenkameradin
27,389 corpus weight
- Klavierspie…
Klavierspieler
27,388 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Klangkörper” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klangkörper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaŋˌkœʁpɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Klangkörper” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Klangkörper is uncommon German at frequency #72,610 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaŋˌkœʁpɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Klangkörper, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 Klangkörper, spelled K-L-A-N-G-K-Ö-R-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Orchester oder Chor
- 2der Korpus eines Saiteninstruments
- 3der akustisch wirksame Raum einer Konzerthalle
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Klangkörper", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.