mixolydisch
[ˈmɪksoˌlyːdɪʃ]
The verdict
“mixolydisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine alte Kirchentonart
Corpus desk
Index DE-mixolydisch · mixolydisch · German
mixolydisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mixolydisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɪksoˌlyːdɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mixolydisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mixolydisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɪksoˌlyːdɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine alte Kirchentonart".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mixolydisch, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 mixolydisch, spelled M-I-X-O-L-Y-D-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine alte Kirchentonart
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mixolydisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zu den Durtonleitern im weiteren Sinne … können auch die Kirchentonarten Lydisch und Mixolydisch sowie die spanische und jüdische Tonleiter, das Zigeuner-Dur und das aus Gründen der Systematik eingeführte Harmonisch Dur gezählt werden.“
Synonyms
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.