Phonologie
[fonoloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Phonologie” is uncommon German (frequency #97,507 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,507
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehre von den Phonemen und den phonologischen Oppositionen; die Sprachgebildelehre, die, im Gegensatz zur Phonetik, sich nicht mit den (konkreten) Äußerungen befasst, sondern mit dem funktionierend...
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Index DE-phonologie · Phonologie · German
Phonologie · rank #97,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,507
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pflanzenwachs…
Nearest frequency peer: Pflanzenwachstum (-2 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 „Phonologie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- pets
pets
2,498 corpus weight
- Pflanzenwac…
Pflanzenwachstum
2,496 corpus weight
- Phonologie
Phonologie
2,494 corpus weight
- picea
picea
2,492 corpus weight
- Pickups
Pickups
2,491 corpus weight
- piepst
piepst
2,490 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Phonologie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phonologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fonoloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phonologie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phonologie is uncommon German at frequency #97,507 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fonoloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Phonologie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Phonologie, spelled P-H-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Lehre von den Phonemen und den phonologischen Oppositionen; die Sprachgebildelehre, die, im Gegensatz zur Phonetik, sich nicht mit den (konkreten) Äußerungen befasst, sondern mit dem funktionierenden System der Laute
- 2ein einzelnes phonologisches System (einer Person, einer Sprache)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phonologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Phonologie untersucht, welche Phoneme es in einer Sprache gibt.
„Das zeigen die im vorliegenden Papier dargelegten Fakten ebenso wie weit vorangetriebene Analysen aus den Bereichen Phonologie, Wortprosodie, Graphematik sowie der Verb- und Adjektivflexion oder der Genuszuweisung, verbunden mit der Wahl des Flexionstyps bei den Substantiven.“
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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.
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