Symphonieorchester

[zʏmfoˈniːʔɔʁˌkɛstɐ]

/[zʏmfoˈniːʔɔʁˌkɛstɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Symphonieorchester” is uncommon German (frequency #79,806 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,806
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes Orchester (mit bis zu 100 Musikern und mehr) zur Aufführung von klassischer Musik

Corpus desk

Index DE-symphonieorchester · Symphonieorchester · German

Symphonieorchester · rank #79,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,806
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH swaps

Nearest frequency peer: swaps (-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 „Symphonieorchester“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Symphonieorchester“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Symphonieorchester
PropertyValue
HeadwordSymphonieorchester
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zʏmfoˈniːʔɔʁˌkɛstɐ]
Letters18
Frequency rank#79,806
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Symphonieorchester“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Symphonieorchesterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „swaps“ (#79,805), „Swami“ (#79,804), „Särgen“ (#79,808). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Symphonieorchester“ bei #79,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Symphonieorchester is uncommon German at frequency #79,806 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zʏmfoˈniːʔɔʁˌkɛstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großes Orchester (mit bis zu 100 Musikern und mehr) zur Aufführung von klassischer Musik".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Symphonieorchester, 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Symphonieorchester, spelled S-Y-M-P-H-O-N-I-E-O-R-C-H-E-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    großes Orchester (mit bis zu 100 Musikern und mehr) zur Aufführung von klassischer Musik

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Symphonieorchester appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Patricia Kopatchinskaja ist mit den meisten führenden Symphonieorchestern Europas, Japans und Russlands aufgetreten, darunter die Berliner Philharmoniker und die Wiener Philharmoniker.“
  2. „Er spielte mehrmals als Solist mit rumänischen Symphonieorchestern.“

This word in other languages

orchestre symphonique(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Symphonieorchester"?
"Symphonieorchester" is spelled S-Y-M-P-H-O-N-I-E-O-R-C-H-E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [zʏmfoˈniːʔɔʁˌkɛstɐ].
What does "Symphonieorchester" mean?
As a noun, "Symphonieorchester" means: großes Orchester (mit bis zu 100 Musikern und mehr) zur Aufführung von klassischer Musik
How do you pronounce "Symphonieorchester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Symphonieorchester" is [zʏmfoˈniːʔɔʁˌkɛstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Symphonieorchester" come from?
"Symphonieorchester" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Symphonieorchester", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list