Ohrwürmer

[ˈoːɐ̯ˌvʏʁmɐ]

/[ˈoːɐ̯ˌvʏʁmɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ohrwürmer” is uncommon German (frequency #65,549 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,549
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ohrwurm

Corpus desk

Index DE-ohrwurmer · Ohrwürmer · German

Ohrwürmer · rank #65,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,549
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oki

Nearest frequency peer: Oki (+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 „Ohrwürmer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ohrwürmer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ohrwürmer
PropertyValue
HeadwordOhrwürmer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoːɐ̯ˌvʏʁmɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,549
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ohrwürmer“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ohrwürmerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Oki“ (#65,550), „Ordnungshüter“ (#65,551), „ore“ (#65,552). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Ohrwürmer“ bei #65,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ohrwürmer is uncommon German at frequency #65,549 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːɐ̯ˌvʏʁmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Ohrwürmer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ohrwürmer, spelled O-H-R-W-Ü-R-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ohrwurm
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Ohrwurm
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Ohrwurm

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ohrwürmer"?
"Ohrwürmer" is spelled O-H-R-W-Ü-R-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoːɐ̯ˌvʏʁmɐ].
What does "Ohrwürmer" mean?
As a noun, "Ohrwürmer" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ohrwurm
How do you pronounce "Ohrwürmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ohrwürmer" is [ˈoːɐ̯ˌvʏʁmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ohrwürmer" come from?
"Ohrwürmer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ohrwürmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Obelisken#65,545Nordenham#65,541paranoide#65,558Physikern#65,570

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list