pizzicato
[pɪt͡siˈkaːto]
The verdict
“pizzicato” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - mit den Fingern gezupft (statt mit dem Bogen gestrichen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-pizzicato · pizzicato · German
pizzicato · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pizzicato |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [pɪt͡siˈkaːto] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pizzicato” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pizzicato is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [pɪt͡siˈkaːto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit den Fingern gezupft (statt mit dem Bogen gestrichen)".
Zero misspellings are on record for pizzicato in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pizzicato, spelled P-I-Z-Z-I-C-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1mit den Fingern gezupft (statt mit dem Bogen gestrichen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pizzicato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Blasinstrumente – Oboen, Hörner, Fagotts und Posaunen – und zwei gedämpfte Bratschen geben die Harmonie in vollen Accorden an, die Geigen pizzicato bewegen sich mit einer Achtelfigur meistens in gebrochenen Accorden, die Basse spielen pizzicato und werden von der Orgel unterstützt .
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