Weltmusik
[ˈvɛltmuˌziːk]
The verdict
“Weltmusik” is uncommon German (frequency #59,334 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,334
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Musikrichtung, in der westliche Populärmusik mit traditionellen, nichtwestlichen Musikformen verschmolzen ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weltmusik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛltmuˌziːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Weltmusik” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Weltmusik is uncommon German at frequency #59,334 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛltmuˌziːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Musikrichtung, in der westliche Populärmusik mit traditionellen, nichtwestlichen Musikformen verschmolzen ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Weltmusik, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Weltmusik, spelled W-E-L-T-M-U-S-I-K.
Definition
- 1Musikrichtung, in der westliche Populärmusik mit traditionellen, nichtwestlichen Musikformen verschmolzen ist
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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Using “Weltmusik”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-L-T-M-U-S-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɛltmuˌziːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.