Megaphon
[meɡaˈfoːn]
The verdict
“Megaphon” is uncommon German (frequency #84,295 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,295
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - trichterförmiges Gerät, das durch Bündelung der Schallwellen oder elektrisch akustische Signale verstärkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-megaphon · Megaphon · German
Megaphon · rank #84,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,295
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Meeresfrüchten
Nearest frequency peer: Meeresfrüchten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Megaphon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mediterran
mediterran
15,708 corpus weight
- Meeresfrüch…
Meeresfrüchten
15,707 corpus weight
- Megaphon
Megaphon
15,706 corpus weight
- Melatonin
Melatonin
15,705 corpus weight
- menges
menges
15,704 corpus weight
- merkliche
merkliche
15,703 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Megaphon” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Megaphon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɡaˈfoːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Megaphon” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Megaphon is uncommon German at frequency #84,295 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɡaˈfoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "trichterförmiges Gerät, das durch Bündelung der Schallwellen oder elektrisch akustische Signale verstärkt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Megaphon in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Megaphon, spelled M-E-G-A-P-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1trichterförmiges Gerät, das durch Bündelung der Schallwellen oder elektrisch akustische Signale verstärkt
Synonyms
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 "Megaphon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.