Orbit
[ˈɔʁbɪt]
The verdict
“Orbit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,842
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorlage:Astronomie Bahnkurve, auf der sich ein Objekt in Form einer elliptischen Kurve um ein (zentrales, massereicheres) zweites Objekt bewegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-orbit · Orbit · German
Orbit · rank #22,842 · 7 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,842
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH oil
Nearest frequency peer: oil (-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 „Orbit“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Novum
Novum
77,162 corpus weight
- obligatoris…
obligatorische
77,161 corpus weight
- oil
oil
77,160 corpus weight
- Orbit
Orbit
77,159 corpus weight
- Organisator
Organisator
77,158 corpus weight
- orientalisc…
orientalische
77,157 corpus weight
What this shows „Orbit“ 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 | Orbit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔʁbɪt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Orbit“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Orbit (IPA [ˈɔʁbɪt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,842 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vorlage:Astronomie Bahnkurve, auf der sich ein Objekt in Form einer elliptischen Kurve um ein (zentrales, massereicheres) zweites Objekt bewegt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Orbit, with forms such as "obrit", "orbbit", and "orbitt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Ort", "orgie", "obi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Orbit, spelled O-R-B-I-T.
Definition
- 1Vorlage:Astronomie Bahnkurve, auf der sich ein Objekt in Form einer elliptischen Kurve um ein (zentrales, massereicheres) zweites Objekt bewegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Orbit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Satelliten können nach ihren Orbits klassifiziert werden. LEO Satelliten sind die erdnächsten mit 500 bis 1500 km Abstand von der Erdoberfläche.
„Ein Prototyp einer fliegenden Laserwaffe soll es auf Spione im Orbit abgesehen haben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- obrit
- orbbit
- orbitt
- orbti
- oribt
- orrbit
- robit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Orbit - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).