Passacaglia
[pasaˈkalja]
The verdict
“Passacaglia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - ursprünglich ein spanischer Volkstanz mit Tanzlied, der im 16. Jahrhundert in Frankreich und Italien sich zu Hof- und Bühnenmusik weiterentwickelte
Corpus desk
Index DE-passacaglia · Passacaglia · German
Passacaglia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Passacaglia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pasaˈkalja] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Passacaglia“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Passacaglia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pasaˈkalja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Passacaglia, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
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 Passacaglia, spelled P-A-S-S-A-C-A-G-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1ursprünglich ein spanischer Volkstanz mit Tanzlied, der im 16. Jahrhundert in Frankreich und Italien sich zu Hof- und Bühnenmusik weiterentwickelte
- 2eine auf Variationen beruhende Gattung der Instrumentalmusik des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Passacaglia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Passacaglia steht in der Regel im ¾-Takt und in Moll. G. Frescobaldi schrieb 1614 die ersten Passacaglien. […] Seit der Wiederbesinnung auf die Musik des Barock ist die Passacaglia eine gegenwärtige Form geworden.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.