older
[ˈəʊldə]
The verdict
“older” is uncommon German (frequency #84,370 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,370
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Komparativ des Adjektivs old
| 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) |
Where “older” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
older is uncommon German at frequency #84,370 among 14,908 “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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Using “older”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-L-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.