Xylophon
[ksyloˈfoːn]
The verdict
“Xylophon” is uncommon German (frequency #92,488 among 835 “X” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,488
- frequency rank, German
- 835
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schlaginstrument mit auf einem Klangrahmen befestigten Holzstäben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Xylophon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ksyloˈfoːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Xylophon” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Xylophon is uncommon German at frequency #92,488 among 835 “X” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ksyloˈfoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schlaginstrument mit auf einem Klangrahmen befestigten Holzstäben".
Xylophon has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Xylophon, spelled X-Y-L-O-P-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Schlaginstrument mit auf einem Klangrahmen befestigten Holzstäben
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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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Using “Xylophon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is X-Y-L-O-P-H-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.