Ordensfrau
[ˈɔʁdn̩sˌfʁaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Ordensfrau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die einem Orden angehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-ordensfrau · Ordensfrau · German
Ordensfrau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ordensfrau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔʁdn̩sˌfʁaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ordensfrau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ordensfrau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔʁdn̩sˌfʁaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die einem Orden angehört".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ordensfrau, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ordensfrau, spelled O-R-D-E-N-S-F-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die einem Orden angehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ordensfrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kapellen säumten den Weg zum Hauptaltar, Geistliche und Ordensfrauen machten sich daran zu schaffen, ordneten Sträuße, lasen Messen, beteten.“
„Außerdem gab es nicht nur diese eine Ordensfrau.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.