Phon
[foːn]
The verdict
“Phon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menschlicher Laut, der der Kommunikation dient (Parole)
Corpus desk
Index DE-phon · Phon · German
Phon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Phon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [foːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [foːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "menschlicher Laut, der der Kommunikation dient (Parole)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Phon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Phon, spelled P-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1menschlicher Laut, der der Kommunikation dient (Parole)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zungenspitzen-[r] und Zäpfchen-[ʁ] sind beides Phone (Laute) im Deutschen.
Das Phon ist die Grundeinheit der Phonetik/Lautlehre.
Synonyms
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.