Operette

/[opəˈʁɛtə]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,721

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Operette is aGermannoun. It means: Gattungsbezeichnung für leichte, unterhaltende Bühnenwerke mit Gesang, Dialogen und Tanzeinlagen Pronounced [opəˈʁɛtə].

Key facts for Operette
PropertyValue
HeadwordOperette
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[opəˈʁɛtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,721
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Operette in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Operette is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [opəˈʁɛtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,721 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Operette, with forms such as "oeprette", "opeertte", and "operete". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Operette, spelled O-P-E-R-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gattungsbezeichnung für leichte, unterhaltende Bühnenwerke mit Gesang, Dialogen und Tanzeinlagen
  2. 2
    einzelnes Werk der Gattung
  3. 3
    Aufführung einer Operette

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oeprette,opeertte,operete,operetet,operrette,opertete,opperette,opreette,poerette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Operette

Misspelling Variants of "Operette"

oeprette8opeertte8operete7operetet8operrette9opertete8opperette9opreette8
Misspelling Variants of "Operette"

Frequency rank: #29,721 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Operette"?
"Operette" is spelled O-P-E-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [opəˈʁɛtə].
What does "Operette" mean?
As a noun, "Operette" means: Gattungsbezeichnung für leichte, unterhaltende Bühnenwerke mit Gesang, Dialogen und Tanzeinlagen
What are common misspellings of "Operette"?
Common misspellings include "oeprette", "opeertte", "operete", "operetet", "operrette". The correct spelling is "Operette".
How do you pronounce "Operette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Operette" is [opəˈʁɛtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Operette" come from?
"Operette" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.