Orange
[oˈʁɑ̃ːʒə]
The verdict
“Orange” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,290
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - süßliche, orangefarbene Zitrusfrucht (Citrus sinensis)
Corpus desk
Index DE-orange · Orange · German
Orange · rank #5,290 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,290
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH offener
Nearest frequency peer: offener (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Orange“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- neugierig
neugierig
94,714 corpus weight
- niedrig
niedrig
94,713 corpus weight
- offener
offener
94,712 corpus weight
- Orange
Orange
94,711 corpus weight
- Orchester
Orchester
94,710 corpus weight
- Performance
Performance
94,708 corpus weight
What this shows „Orange“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orange |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈʁɑ̃ːʒə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Orange“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Orange (IPA [oˈʁɑ̃ːʒə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,290 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Orange, with forms such as "oarnge", "oragne", and "oraneg". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ordne", "organe", "Orangen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Orange, spelled O-R-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1süßliche, orangefarbene Zitrusfrucht (Citrus sinensis)
- 2bittere, aus Pampelmuse und Mandarine hybridisierte Zitrusfrucht (Citrus × aurantium)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Orange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Europa werden die Orangen im Dezember und Juni geerntet.
„Oder beim Nachtisch, Äpfel und Orangen mit Messer und Gabel schälen, das war nichts für ihn, er schmiß das Besteck einfach weg.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oarnge
- oragne
- oraneg
- orangge
- orannge
- ornage
- orrange
- roange
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Orange - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Orange", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).