Musikdirektor

[muˈziːkdiˌʁɛktoːɐ̯]

/[muˈziːkdiˌʁɛktoːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Musikdirektor” is uncommon German (frequency #67,535 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,535
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - künstlerischer Leiter einer musikalischen Institution

Corpus desk

Index DE-musikdirektor · Musikdirektor · German

Musikdirektor · rank #67,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,535
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Museumsdirekt…

Nearest frequency peer: Museumsdirektor (-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 „Musikdirektor“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Musikdirektor
PropertyValue
HeadwordMusikdirektor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muˈziːkdiˌʁɛktoːɐ̯]
Letters13
Frequency rank#67,535
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Musikdirektor“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Musikdirektorfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Museumsdirektor“ (#67,534), „musstet“ (#67,536), „Murg“ (#67,533). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Musikdirektor“ bei #67,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Musikdirektor is uncommon German at frequency #67,535 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [muˈziːkdiˌʁɛktoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "künstlerischer Leiter einer musikalischen Institution".

Musikdirektor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Musikdirektor, spelled M-U-S-I-K-D-I-R-E-K-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    künstlerischer Leiter einer musikalischen Institution

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Chor und Orchester der Stadt standen in hohem Ansehen, nicht zuletzt dank Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, der von 1833 bis 1835 das Amt des städtischen Musikdirektors bekleidet hatte.“

This word in other languages

directeur musical(Français)

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 "Musikdirektor"?
"Musikdirektor" is spelled M-U-S-I-K-D-I-R-E-K-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [muˈziːkdiˌʁɛktoːɐ̯].
What does "Musikdirektor" mean?
As a noun, "Musikdirektor" means: künstlerischer Leiter einer musikalischen Institution
How do you pronounce "Musikdirektor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Musikdirektor" is [muˈziːkdiˌʁɛktoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Musikdirektor" come from?
"Musikdirektor" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Neuregelungen#67,555niederbrennen#67,557ministerialen#67,511Marktoberdorf#67,485

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list