Lautinventar
[ˈlaʊ̯tʔɪnvɛnˌtaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Lautinventar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menge der Laute/Phone (einer Sprache, eines Textes…)
Corpus desk
Index DE-lautinventar · Lautinventar · German
Lautinventar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Lautinventar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaʊ̯tʔɪnvɛnˌtaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lautinventar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lautinventar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaʊ̯tʔɪnvɛnˌtaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menge der Laute/Phone (einer Sprache, eines Textes…)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lautinventar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lautinventar, spelled L-A-U-T-I-N-V-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Menge der Laute/Phone (einer Sprache, eines Textes…)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lautinventar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den größten Teil des Buches nehmen indessen die Kapitel drei und vier mit Einlassungen zu den »Sprechwerkzeugen«, also den Artikulatoren und Artikulationsorganen und dem Lautinventar europäischer Sprachen bei.“
„Zu den amerikanisch-indianischen Sprachen, die über Ejektive im Lautinventar verfügen, zählt die Sprache der Lakhota, nordamerikanischen Indianern aus der Sprachfamilie der Sioux.“
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.