Sounds like a frequency but the word frequency is too predictable, IDK. So much to learn! One can dream.

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Essentially, it is. But each phonon represents a different frequency.

When the structure vibrates, it does so at a seemingly chaotic series of frequencies at the same time. (Multiple, interacting phonons)

A note of difference between photons and phonons-

Phonons of different wavelengths interact and mix with each other, unlike photons that generally do not.