orbital
[ɔʁbiˈtaːl]
The verdict
“orbital” is uncommon German (frequency #97,476 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,476
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Orbit betreffend, im Orbit befindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-orbital · orbital · German
orbital · rank #97,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,476
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH orly
Nearest frequency peer: orly (+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 „orbital“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- oldenburgis…
oldenburgischen
2,528 corpus weight
- OPCW
OPCW
2,527 corpus weight
- orbital
orbital
2,525 corpus weight
- orly
orly
2,524 corpus weight
- Oscarverlei…
Oscarverleihung
2,523 corpus weight
- ostasiatisc…
ostasiatische
2,522 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „orbital“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orbital |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɔʁbiˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „orbital“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
orbital is uncommon German at frequency #97,476 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔʁbiˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for orbital, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is orbital, spelled O-R-B-I-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1den Orbit betreffend, im Orbit befindlich
- 2die Augenhöhle (Orbita) betreffend, zur Augenhöhle gehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how orbital appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mittels kabelloser Übertragungstechnik soll Strom von orbitalen Solarkollektoren auf die Erde gebeamt werden, um die Energieversorgung zu sichern.
Zwei Tage vor dem Absturz können die Amerikaner aus orbitalen Ortungsdaten eine Gefahrenzone berechnen: Ein langer Streifen, der etwa 50 Kilometer in Ost-West-Richtung durchmisst und sich etwa 1000 Kilometer in Nord-Süd-Richtung ausdehnt.
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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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