Mikrophon

[mikʁoˈfoːn]

/[mikʁoˈfoːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mikrophon” is uncommon German (frequency #57,237 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,237
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen

Corpus desk

Index DE-mikrophon · Mikrophon · German

Mikrophon · rank #57,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,237
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mietete

Nearest frequency peer: mietete (-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 „Mikrophon“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mikrophon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mikrophon
PropertyValue
HeadwordMikrophon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mikʁoˈfoːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mikrophon“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mikrophonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mietete“ (#57,236), „Militärpolizei“ (#57,238), „Milliliter“ (#57,240). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mikrophon“ bei #57,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mikrophon is uncommon German at frequency #57,237 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mikʁoˈfoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mikrophon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mikrophon, spelled M-I-K-R-O-P-H-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mikrophon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Zufrieden mit dieser Vorstellung verließ Cold Cuts den Tisch und machte sich am Mikrophon zu schaffen.“
  2. „Als die Todesnachricht durchs Mikrophon gesagt wurde, ist das Publikum aufgestanden und hat Gerd mit einer Minute des Schweigens geehrt.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mikrophon"?
"Mikrophon" is spelled M-I-K-R-O-P-H-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mikʁoˈfoːn].
What does "Mikrophon" mean?
As a noun, "Mikrophon" means: ein technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen
How do you pronounce "Mikrophon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mikrophon" is [mikʁoˈfoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mikrophon" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mikrophon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list