Tonleiter
[ˈtoːnˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Tonleiter” is uncommon German (frequency #62,920 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,920
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine zusammenhängende auf- oder absteigende Reihenfolge von Tönen, in einer feststehenden Anordnung der Tonschritte
Corpus desk
Index DE-tonleiter · Tonleiter · German
Tonleiter · rank #62,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,920
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Todsünden
Nearest frequency peer: Todsünden (-2 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 „Tonleiter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tietz
Tietz
37,086 corpus weight
- Todesursach…
Todesursachen
37,084 corpus weight
- Todsünden
Todsünden
37,083 corpus weight
- Tonleiter
Tonleiter
37,081 corpus weight
- Torheit
Torheit
37,079 corpus weight
- Tourismusbr…
Tourismusbranche
37,078 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tonleiter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tonleiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːnˌlaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tonleiter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tonleiter is uncommon German at frequency #62,920 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːnˌlaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine zusammenhängende auf- oder absteigende Reihenfolge von Tönen, in einer feststehenden Anordnung der Tonschritte".
Tonleiter has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Tonleiter, spelled T-O-N-L-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine zusammenhängende auf- oder absteigende Reihenfolge von Tönen, in einer feststehenden Anordnung der Tonschritte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tonleiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Verschiedene Instrumente und Kulturen haben ihre eigene Tonleiter.
Zuerst spielten alle zu einem bestimmten Takt die C-Dur-Tonleiter. Danach improvisierten sie zum gleichen Takt mit den Noten dieser Tonleiter.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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