Klio
[ˈkliːo]
The verdict
“Klio” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine der neun Musen, die als Göttinnen der Künste und Wissenschaften agieren, Klio ist die Muse der Heldendichtungen, der Hymne, des Liebesgesanges
Corpus desk
Index DE-klio · Klio · German
Klio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Klio |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkliːo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klio“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klio is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkliːo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der neun Musen, die als Göttinnen der Künste und Wissenschaften agieren, Klio ist die Muse der Heldendichtungen, der Hymne, des Liebesgesanges".
Klio has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Klio, spelled K-L-I-O.
Definition
- 1eine der neun Musen, die als Göttinnen der Künste und Wissenschaften agieren, Klio ist die Muse der Heldendichtungen, der Hymne, des Liebesgesanges
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Klio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Attribute von Klio sind die Papyrusrolle und ein Griffel.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.