Labiovelar
[labi̯oveˈlaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Labiovelar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung für Verschlusslaute, die velar, d.h. mit dem Zungenrücken am Velum, dem weichen Gaumen, und zugleich mit Lippenrundung artikuliert werden
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Index DE-labiovelar · Labiovelar · German
Labiovelar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | Labiovelar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [labi̯oveˈlaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Labiovelar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Labiovelar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [labi̯oveˈlaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung für Verschlusslaute, die velar, d.h. mit dem Zungenrücken am Velum, dem weichen Gaumen, und zugleich mit Lippenrundung artikuliert werden".
No misspelling variants are generated for Labiovelar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Labiovelar, spelled L-A-B-I-O-V-E-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung für Verschlusslaute, die velar, d.h. mit dem Zungenrücken am Velum, dem weichen Gaumen, und zugleich mit Lippenrundung artikuliert werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Labiovelar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Labiovelare sind Velare, die mit Lippenrundung gesprochen werden; ihre Aussprache ähnelt also bei der Tenuis etwa dem hochdeutschen qu.“
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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.