ominöse

[omiˈnøːzə]

/[omiˈnøːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“ominöse” is uncommon German (frequency #53,953 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,953
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös

Corpus desk

Index DE-ominose · ominöse · German

ominöse · rank #53,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,953
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oberweite

Nearest frequency peer: Oberweite (-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 „ominöse“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ominöse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ominöse
PropertyValue
Headwordominöse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[omiˈnøːzə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,953
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ominöse“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ominösefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Oberweite“ (#53,952), „nüchterner“ (#53,951), „num“ (#53,950). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „ominöse“ bei #53,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ominöse is uncommon German at frequency #53,953 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [omiˈnøːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for ominöse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ominöse, spelled O-M-I-N-Ö-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ominöse"?
"ominöse" is spelled O-M-I-N-Ö-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [omiˈnøːzə].
What does "ominöse" mean?
As an adjective, "ominöse" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ominös
How do you pronounce "ominöse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ominöse" is [omiˈnøːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ominöse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list