optimus
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The verdict
“optimus” is uncommon German (frequency #62,710 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,710
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Superlativ (Nominativ Singular maskulinum) des unregelmäßig gesteigerten Adjektivs bonus
Corpus desk
Index DE-optimus · optimus · German
optimus · rank #62,710 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,710
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH operierenden
Nearest frequency peer: operierenden (-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 „optimus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ohnedies
ohnedies
37,295 corpus weight
- operating
operating
37,293 corpus weight
- operierenden
operierenden
37,292 corpus weight
- optimus
optimus
37,291 corpus weight
- ordneten
ordneten
37,290 corpus weight
- Origami
Origami
37,289 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „optimus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | optimus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „optimus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
optimus is uncommon German at frequency #62,710 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Superlativ (Nominativ Singular maskulinum) des unregelmäßig gesteigerten Adjektivs bonus".
optimus has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is optimus, spelled O-P-T-I-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Superlativ (Nominativ Singular maskulinum) des unregelmäßig gesteigerten Adjektivs bonus
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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