Ödipus
[ˈøːdipʊs]
The verdict
“Ödipus” is uncommon German (frequency #55,068 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,068
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der griechischen Sage König von Theben, der unwissentlich seinen Vater tötet und seine Mutter heiratet; Sohn des thebanischen Königs Laios und der Iokaste
Corpus desk
Index DE-odipus · Ödipus · German
Ödipus · rank #55,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,068
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH ätzende
Nearest frequency peer: ätzende (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ödipus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zweisprachi…
zweisprachige
44,937 corpus weight
- Zwischenräu…
Zwischenräume
44,936 corpus weight
- ätzende
ätzende
44,934 corpus weight
- Ödipus
Ödipus
44,933 corpus weight
- Übergangslö…
Übergangslösung
44,931 corpus weight
- überlagern
überlagern
44,930 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ödipus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ödipus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈøːdipʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ödipus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ödipus is uncommon German at frequency #55,068 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈøːdipʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der griechischen Sage König von Theben, der unwissentlich seinen Vater tötet und seine Mutter heiratet; Sohn des thebanischen Königs Laios und der Iokaste".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ödipus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ödipus, spelled Ö-D-I-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1in der griechischen Sage König von Theben, der unwissentlich seinen Vater tötet und seine Mutter heiratet; Sohn des thebanischen Königs Laios und der Iokaste
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ödipus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ödipus löste das Rätsel der Sphinx und erhielt als Lohn den Königsthron von Theben und die verwitwete Königin Iokaste zur Frau.
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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