Olla podrida
[ˈɔla pɔˈdʁiːda]
The verdict
“Olla podrida” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - typisches Gericht aus Kastilien aus Fleisch, Wurst und Gemüse
Corpus desk
Index DE-olla-podrida · Olla podrida · German
Olla podrida · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Olla podrida |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔla pɔˈdʁiːda] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Olla podrida“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Olla podrida is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔla pɔˈdʁiːda]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "typisches Gericht aus Kastilien aus Fleisch, Wurst und Gemüse".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Olla podrida, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Olla podrida, spelled O-L-L-A- -P-O-D-R-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1typisches Gericht aus Kastilien aus Fleisch, Wurst und Gemüse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Olla podrida appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und Sancho sagte: jene große Schüssel, die dort unten dampft, scheint eine Olla podrida zu seyn, und da diese Ollas podridas aus sehr mannichfaltigen Dingen zusammengesetzt sind, so werde ich gewiss etwas darunter finden, das mir schmackhaft und zuträglich sey.“, Seite 113
„Der Mulatte legte das Tischtuch auf, brachte eine Olla potrida und vier Gedecke, denn die schöne Rebekka setzte sich nicht mit uns zu Tisch.“
This word in other languages
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.