Phonograph
[fonoˈɡʁaːf]
The verdict
“Phonograph” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - technisches Gerät zur Aufzeichnung und Wiedergabe von Geräuschen/Tönen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phonograph |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fonoˈɡʁaːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Phonograph” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Phonograph is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fonoˈɡʁaːf]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "technisches Gerät zur Aufzeichnung und Wiedergabe von Geräuschen/Tönen".
Phonograph has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Phonograph, spelled P-H-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H.
Definition
- 1technisches Gerät zur Aufzeichnung und Wiedergabe von Geräuschen/Tönen
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.
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Using “Phonograph”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-H-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fonoˈɡʁaːf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.