older
[ˈəʊldə]
The verdict
“older” is uncommon German (frequency #84,370 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,370
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Komparativ des Adjektivs old
Corpus desk
Index DE-older · older · German
older · rank #84,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,370
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Olav
Nearest frequency peer: Olav (-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 „older“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- octopus
octopus
15,634 corpus weight
- Olav
Olav
15,632 corpus weight
- older
older
15,631 corpus weight
- Oligarch
Oligarch
15,630 corpus weight
- Omsk
Omsk
15,629 corpus weight
- ont
ont
15,628 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „older“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | older |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈəʊldə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „older“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
older is uncommon German at frequency #84,370 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈəʊldə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Komparativ des Adjektivs old".
Zero misspellings are on record for older in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 older, spelled O-L-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Komparativ des Adjektivs old
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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