Okular
[okuˈlaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Okular” is uncommon German (frequency #97,472 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,472
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei optischen Geräten jene Linse, die dem Auge zugewandt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-okular · Okular · German
Okular · rank #97,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,472
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH oldenburgisch…
Nearest frequency peer: oldenburgischen (+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 „Okular“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Offsetdruck
Offsetdruck
2,532 corpus weight
- Offtopic
Offtopic
2,531 corpus weight
- Okular
Okular
2,529 corpus weight
- oldenburgis…
oldenburgischen
2,528 corpus weight
- OPCW
OPCW
2,527 corpus weight
- orbital
orbital
2,525 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Okular“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Okular |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [okuˈlaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Okular“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Okular is uncommon German at frequency #97,472 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [okuˈlaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei optischen Geräten jene Linse, die dem Auge zugewandt ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Okular, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Okular, spelled O-K-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1bei optischen Geräten jene Linse, die dem Auge zugewandt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Okular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Okular kann durch eine zusätzliche Gummimuschel an das Auge angepasst werden.
„Durch die Okulare sah er eine dunkel gekleidete Frau mit breitrandigem Filzhut, unter dem das graue Haar hervorquoll.“
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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