Olfaktus
[ɔlˈfaktʊs]
The verdict
“Olfaktus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geruchssinn
Corpus desk
Index DE-olfaktus · Olfaktus · German
Olfaktus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Olfaktus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔlˈfaktʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Olfaktus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Olfaktus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔlˈfaktʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geruchssinn".
Zero misspellings are on record for Olfaktus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Olfaktus, spelled O-L-F-A-K-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Geruchssinn
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Olfaktus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da der Olfaktus direkt auf die Amygdala projiziert (z.B. Cain, 1974; Dodd & Castellucci, 1991; Hatt, 1996; Macrides & Davis, 1983, Royet et al., 2003; Skrandies, 1996), werden mit der Wahl eines olfaktorischen UCS im Rahmen dieser Konditionierungsstudie aversive, emotionale Reaktionen unmittelbar unter Laborbedingungen induziert und untersucht.“
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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.