Phonologie

/[fonoloˈɡiː]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#97,507

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

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Confusables

0

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Phonologie is aGermannoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [fonoloˈɡiː].

Key facts for Phonologie
PropertyValue
HeadwordPhonologie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fonoloˈɡiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Phonologie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Phonologie is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fonoloˈɡiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,507 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Phonologie in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Phonologie, spelled P-H-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 funktionierenden System der Laute
  2. 2
    ein einzelnes phonologisches System (einer Person, einer Sprache)

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Frequency rank: #97,507 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Phonologie"?
"Phonologie" is spelled P-H-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fonoloˈɡiː].
What does "Phonologie" mean?
As a noun, "Phonologie" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "Phonologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Phonologie" is [fonoloˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Phonologie" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.