oranje
[oˈrɑɲə]
The verdict
“oranje” is uncommon German (frequency #52,309 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,309
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orange (Farbe)
Corpus desk
Index DE-oranje · oranje · German
oranje · rank #52,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,309
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH operierte
Nearest frequency peer: operierte (-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 „oranje“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nähme
nähme
47,697 corpus weight
- Olympiasieg
Olympiasieg
47,694 corpus weight
- operierte
operierte
47,693 corpus weight
- oranje
oranje
47,692 corpus weight
- organisiere
organisiere
47,691 corpus weight
- orthodox
orthodox
47,690 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „oranje“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oranje |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈrɑɲə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „oranje“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
oranje is uncommon German at frequency #52,309 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈrɑɲə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for oranje in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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. The correct German form is oranje, spelled O-R-A-N-J-E.
Definition
- 1Orange (Farbe)
- 2die Niederländische Nationalmannschaft (Sport)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oranje appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heeft u dat ook in oranje?
Oranje heeft Frankrijk met 4-1 verslagen
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).