Tonkünstler
[ˈtoːnˌkʏnstlɐ]
The verdict
“Tonkünstler” is uncommon German (frequency #94,981 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,981
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Künstler, der musikalische Werke schafft
Corpus desk
Index DE-tonkunstler · Tonkünstler · German
Tonkünstler · rank #94,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,981
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Torlinie
Nearest frequency peer: Torlinie (+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 “Tonkünstler”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tir
tir
5,024 corpus weight
- Tonaufnahme
Tonaufnahme
5,022 corpus weight
- Tonkünstler
Tonkünstler
5,020 corpus weight
- Torlinie
Torlinie
5,019 corpus weight
- Torwand
Torwand
5,018 corpus weight
- Totenschädel
Totenschädel
5,017 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tonkünstler” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tonkünstler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːnˌkʏnstlɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tonkünstler” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tonkünstler is uncommon German at frequency #94,981 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːnˌkʏnstlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tonkünstler in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Tonkünstler, spelled T-O-N-K-Ü-N-S-T-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Künstler, der musikalische Werke schafft
- 2besonders begabter Musiker
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tonkünstler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 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.