Ölfeld
[ˈøːlˌfɛlt]
The verdict
“Ölfeld” is uncommon German (frequency #96,589 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,589
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Areal, unter dem sich Erdölvorkommen befinden, und auf dem diese auch meist gefördert werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-olfeld · Ölfeld · German
Ölfeld · rank #96,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,589
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH Ölfarbe
Nearest frequency peer: Ölfarbe (-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 „Ölfeld“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zwolle
Zwolle
3,417 corpus weight
- été
été
3,415 corpus weight
- Ölfarbe
Ölfarbe
3,413 corpus weight
- Ölfeld
Ölfeld
3,412 corpus weight
- Ösis
Ösis
3,411 corpus weight
- Überbegriff
Überbegriff
3,409 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ölfeld“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ölfeld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈøːlˌfɛlt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ölfeld“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ölfeld is uncommon German at frequency #96,589 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈøːlˌfɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Areal, unter dem sich Erdölvorkommen befinden, und auf dem diese auch meist gefördert werden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ölfeld, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ölfeld, spelled Ö-L-F-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1Areal, unter dem sich Erdölvorkommen befinden, und auf dem diese auch meist gefördert werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ölfeld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nansen und Quisling nahmen auch die Pipeline in Augenschein, durch die seit der Jahrhundertwende Öl von Baku, wo die größten Ölfelder der Welt lagen, an die Schwarzmeerküste transportiert wurde.“
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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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