Tonika
[ˈtoːnikaː]
The verdict
“Tonika” is uncommon German (frequency #97,827 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,827
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tonika ist die Bezeichnung für den Grundton einer Tonleiter sowie den Dreiklang auf dieser ersten Stufe
Corpus desk
Index DE-tonika · Tonika · German
Tonika · rank #97,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,827
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Todtnau
Nearest frequency peer: Todtnau (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tonika”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- toad
toad
2,176 corpus weight
- Todtnau
Todtnau
2,175 corpus weight
- Tonika
Tonika
2,174 corpus weight
- traces
traces
2,172 corpus weight
- Tranchen
Tranchen
2,169 corpus weight
- transzenden…
transzendentale
2,168 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tonika” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tonika |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːnikaː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tonika” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tonika is uncommon German at frequency #97,827 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːnikaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tonika ist die Bezeichnung für den Grundton einer Tonleiter sowie den Dreiklang auf dieser ersten Stufe".
No misspelling variants are generated for Tonika in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tonika, spelled T-O-N-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1Tonika ist die Bezeichnung für den Grundton einer Tonleiter sowie den Dreiklang auf dieser ersten Stufe
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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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.