olea
The verdict
“olea” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Olive, Ölbeere
Corpus desk
Index DE-olea · olea · German
olea · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olea |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „olea“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
olea is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for olea, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is olea, spelled O-L-E-A.
Definition
- 1Olive, Ölbeere
- 2Ölbaum, Olivenbaum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how olea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„olea ubi lecta siet, oleum fiat continuo, ne corrumpatur.“ (Cato, agr. 3, 2)
„circum oleas autumnitate ablaqueato et stercus addito.“ (Cato, agr. 5, 8)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.