Musiktheorie

[muˈziːkteoˌʁiː]

/[muˈziːkteoˌʁiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Musiktheorie” is uncommon German (frequency #65,518 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,518
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilgebiet der Musikwissenschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-musiktheorie · Musiktheorie · German

Musiktheorie · rank #65,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,518
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Musikfest

Nearest frequency peer: Musikfest (-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 „Musiktheorie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Musiktheorie
PropertyValue
HeadwordMusiktheorie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muˈziːkteoˌʁiː]
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,518
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Musiktheorie“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Musikfest“ (#65,517), „mustergültig“ (#65,519), „Musikalität“ (#65,516). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Musiktheorie“ bei #65,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Musiktheorie is uncommon German at frequency #65,518 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [muˈziːkteoˌʁiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teilgebiet der Musikwissenschaft".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Musiktheorie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Musiktheorie, spelled M-U-S-I-K-T-H-E-O-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teilgebiet der Musikwissenschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Euler (1702 - 1783) hat mehrfach versucht, mit zahlentheoretischen Methoden Gesetze der Musiktheorie aufzuspüren oder durchsichtiger zu gestalten.“
  2. „Von besonderem Interesse ist, daß der Vater Galileis im einleitenden Kapitel zu seiner Musiktheorie mit scharfen Worten gegen Autoritätsglauben und Schöngeistigkeit, die nicht von exakter Sinneswahrnehmung unterbaut ist, polemisiert und saubere Beweisführung für jede Behauptung verlangt.“

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 "Musiktheorie"?
"Musiktheorie" is spelled M-U-S-I-K-T-H-E-O-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [muˈziːkteoˌʁiː].
What does "Musiktheorie" mean?
As a noun, "Musiktheorie" means: Teilgebiet der Musikwissenschaft
How do you pronounce "Musiktheorie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Musiktheorie" is [muˈziːkteoˌʁiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Musiktheorie" come from?
"Musiktheorie" 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 "Musiktheorie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mustergültig#65,519Monopolisten#65,512nichtssagend#65,536Meinungsbild#65,495

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list