Ordination
[ɔʁdinaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Ordination” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #42,718 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,718
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - religiöses Ritual, in der ein Gläubiger zu einem geistlichen Amt (zum Beispiel Priester oder Rabbiner) gesegnet und beauftragt wird (meist durch Handauflegung)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ordination |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁdinaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ordination” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ordination is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɔʁdinaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,718 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ordination, with forms such as "odrination", "orddination", and "ordiantion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ordination, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1religiöses Ritual, in der ein Gläubiger zu einem geistlichen Amt (zum Beispiel Priester oder Rabbiner) gesegnet und beauftragt wird (meist durch Handauflegung)
- 2ärztliche Verordnung
- 3Arztpraxis; Untersuchungs- und Behandlungszimmer eines Arztes
- 4Sprechstunde eines Arztes
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: odrination,orddination,ordiantion,ordinaiton,ordinatino,ordinationn,ordinatoin,ordinattion,ordinnation,ordintaion,ordniation,oridnation,orrdination,rodination
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ordination - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Ordination”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔʁdinaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.