Klavierspiel
[klaˈviːɐ̯ˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Klavierspiel” is uncommon German (frequency #52,993 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,993
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spiel auf dem Klavier
Corpus desk
Index DE-klavierspiel · Klavierspiel · German
Klavierspiel · rank #52,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,993
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH klatschte
Nearest frequency peer: klatschte (-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 „Klavierspiel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kichererbsen
Kichererbsen
47,011 corpus weight
- Kinderprogr…
Kinderprogramm
47,010 corpus weight
- klatschte
klatschte
47,009 corpus weight
- Klavierspiel
Klavierspiel
47,008 corpus weight
- Kleidungsst…
Kleidungsstücken
47,007 corpus weight
- kletterten
kletterten
47,004 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Klavierspiel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klavierspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klaˈviːɐ̯ˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klavierspiel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klavierspiel is uncommon German at frequency #52,993 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [klaˈviːɐ̯ˌʃpiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spiel auf dem Klavier".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Klavierspiel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Klavierspiel, spelled K-L-A-V-I-E-R-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Spiel auf dem Klavier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klavierspiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeden Samstagnachmittag hört man das Klavierspiel vom Nachbarn.
„In Frankfurt am Main besuchte sie im Sommer 1836 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, der ihr Klavierspiel hoch schätzte und mit ihr musizierte.“
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.
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