Orchidee

[ˌɔʁçiˈdeːə]

/[ˌɔʁçiˈdeːə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Orchidee” is uncommon German (frequency #55,590 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,590
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pflanze aus der Familie Orchidaceae

Corpus desk

Index DE-orchidee · Orchidee · German

Orchidee · rank #55,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,590
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH operatives

Nearest frequency peer: operatives (-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 „Orchidee“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Orchidee“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Orchidee
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrchidee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɔʁçiˈdeːə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Orchidee“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Orchideefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „operatives“ (#55,589), „Obstbau“ (#55,587), „Panzerung“ (#55,593). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Orchidee“ bei #55,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Orchidee is uncommon German at frequency #55,590 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɔʁçiˈdeːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pflanze aus der Familie Orchidaceae".

No misspelling variants are generated for Orchidee in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Orchidee, spelled O-R-C-H-I-D-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pflanze aus der Familie Orchidaceae

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Orchidee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Orchideen waren lange Zeit ein teures Geschenk.
  2. „Ernst nahm sie den Cellophankarton mit den drei rosaroten Orchideen in Empfang.“

Synonyms

Knabenkrautgewächs

This word in other languages

orchid(English)orquídea(Español)orchidée(Français)orquídea(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Orchidee"?
"Orchidee" is spelled O-R-C-H-I-D-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɔʁçiˈdeːə].
What does "Orchidee" mean?
As a noun, "Orchidee" means: Pflanze aus der Familie Orchidaceae
How do you pronounce "Orchidee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Orchidee" is [ˌɔʁçiˈdeːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Orchidee" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Orchidee", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Notlagen#55,579Pontifex#55,617Populist#55,618minerale#55,553

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list