Sprechmelodie
[ˈʃpʁɛçmeloˌdiː]
The verdict
“Sprechmelodie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die beim Sprechen vollzogene Gestaltung der Tonhöhenbewegung
Corpus desk
Index DE-sprechmelodie · Sprechmelodie · German
Sprechmelodie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Sprechmelodie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁɛçmeloˌdiː] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprechmelodie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sprechmelodie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁɛçmeloˌdiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die beim Sprechen vollzogene Gestaltung der Tonhöhenbewegung".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sprechmelodie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sprechmelodie, spelled S-P-R-E-C-H-M-E-L-O-D-I-E.
Definition
- 1die beim Sprechen vollzogene Gestaltung der Tonhöhenbewegung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sprechmelodie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine realisierte, aktuale Sprachmelodie nennt von Essen Sprechmelodie.“
„Soweit die Melodieformen unmittelbarer Ausdruck des seelischen Geschehens sind, bezeichnet sie v. Essen als Sprechmelodie, sofern es sich aber um Formen handelt, die tradiert werden und als formelhafte Melodisierungsanweisungen („erstarrte Sprechmuster“) gelten, werden die Begriffe Sprachmelodie, Intonation oder Melodem angewandt.“
Antonyms
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.