Oralverkehr
[oˈʁaːlfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Oralverkehr” is an uncommon German word, ranked #73,856 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #73,856
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sexualpraktik, bei der die Geschlechtsorgane oder der Anus eines Sexualpartners mit dem Mund beziehungsweise den Lippen, der Zunge oder den Zähnen stimuliert wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oralverkehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈʁaːlfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oralverkehr” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Oralverkehr is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈʁaːlfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,856 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sexualpraktik, bei der die Geschlechtsorgane oder der Anus eines Sexualpartners mit dem Mund beziehungsweise den Lippen, der Zunge oder den Zähnen stimuliert wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Oralverkehr, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Oralverkehr, spelled O-R-A-L-V-E-R-K-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1Sexualpraktik, bei der die Geschlechtsorgane oder der Anus eines Sexualpartners mit dem Mund beziehungsweise den Lippen, der Zunge oder den Zähnen stimuliert wird
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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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- The one correct German spelling is O-R-A-L-V-E-R-K-E-H-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.