Optometrie
[ɔptomeˈtʁiː]
The verdict
“Optometrie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehre der Messungen und Bewertungen von Sehfunktionen sowie der Korrektur von Fehlsichtigkeiten
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Index DE-optometrie · Optometrie · German
Optometrie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Optometrie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔptomeˈtʁiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Optometrie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Optometrie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔptomeˈtʁiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lehre der Messungen und Bewertungen von Sehfunktionen sowie der Korrektur von Fehlsichtigkeiten".
No misspelling variants are generated for Optometrie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Optometrie, spelled O-P-T-O-M-E-T-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Lehre der Messungen und Bewertungen von Sehfunktionen sowie der Korrektur von Fehlsichtigkeiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Optometrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Optometrie ist eine Teildisziplin der Augenoptik, die Fehlsichtigkeiten korrigiert.“
„Er interessierte sich wenig für die Wissenschaft der Optometrie, obwohl die Wissensaneignung auf diesem Gebiet ja der Grund seines Aufenthaltes hier war.“
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.