MP3
[ɛmpeːˈdʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“MP3” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,661) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,661
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Dateiformat zur verlustbehafteten Audiokompression
Corpus desk
Index DE-mp3 · MP3 · German
MP3 · rank #13,661 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,661
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH neos
Nearest frequency peer: neos (+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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „MP3“
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86,340 corpus weight
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86,339 corpus weight
- neutrale
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86,338 corpus weight
- Nutte
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86,337 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „MP3“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MP3 |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ɛmpeːˈdʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #13,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „MP3“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for MP3 is neighbouring look-alikes ("my", "Mr", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ɛmpeːˈdʁaɪ̯]. Frequency #13,661 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Gloss: "ein Dateiformat zur verlustbehafteten Audiokompression".
No misspelling variants are generated for MP3 in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mr", "MS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is MP3, spelled M-P-3.
Definition
- 1ein Dateiformat zur verlustbehafteten Audiokompression
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how MP3 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
MP3 ist das wohl bekannteste Dateiformat für Musik.
This word in other languages
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.
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