Staatskapelle
[ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə]
The verdict
“Staatskapelle” is uncommon German (frequency #66,716 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,716
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musiker in einer großen Musikgruppe, die Musikinstrumente spielen und gemeinsam Musik machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-staatskapelle · Staatskapelle · German
Staatskapelle · rank #66,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,716
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spracherkennu…
Nearest frequency peer: Spracherkennung (-1 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 „Staatskapelle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sportreport…
Sportreporter
33,287 corpus weight
- Spracherken…
Spracherkennung
33,286 corpus weight
- Staatskapel…
Staatskapelle
33,285 corpus weight
- Stadtleben
Stadtleben
33,284 corpus weight
- Stadtpolizei
Stadtpolizei
33,283 corpus weight
- Stahlträger
Stahlträger
33,282 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Staatskapelle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Staatskapelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Staatskapelle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Staatskapelle is uncommon German at frequency #66,716 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Musiker in einer großen Musikgruppe, die Musikinstrumente spielen und gemeinsam Musik machen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Staatskapelle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Staatskapelle, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-K-A-P-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Musiker in einer großen Musikgruppe, die Musikinstrumente spielen und gemeinsam Musik machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Staatskapelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Staatskapelle spielt oftmals erhebende Musik auf Festlichkeit, Festakten, Konzerten oder in Verbindung mit anderen Vereinen werden Konzertabende veranstaltet.
„Die Staatskapelle Berlin gehört mit ihrer seit dem 16. Jahrhundert bestehenden Tradition zu den ältesten Orchestern der Welt.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).