Ordner

/[ˈɔʁdnɐ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,786

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Ordner is aGermannoun. It means: ein großer, robuster Umschlag, in den man Blätter (meist Dokumente) einheftet Pronounced [ˈɔʁdnɐ]. It ranks #9,786 in German word frequency. Often confused with ordre and ordnet.

Key facts for Ordner
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrdner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔʁdnɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,786
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ordner in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ordner is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔʁdnɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,786 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ordner, with forms such as "odrner", "orddner", and "ordenr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ordre", "ordnet", "ordnete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ordner, spelled O-R-D-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein großer, robuster Umschlag, in den man Blätter (meist Dokumente) einheftet
  2. 2
    ein Ablagefach in einem Speichermedium, in dem Dateien, Dokumente und Unterordner abgelegt werden können. Ordner sind in eine Verzeichnisstruktur eingebettet
  3. 3
    ordnende Person bei Massenveranstaltungen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: odrner,orddner,ordenr,ordnerr,ordnner,ordnre,ornder,orrdner,rodner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ordner

Misspelling Variants of "Ordner"

odrner6orddner7ordenr6ordnerr7ordnner7ordnre6ornder6orrdner7
Misspelling Variants of "Ordner"

Frequency rank: #9,786 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ordner"?
"Ordner" is spelled O-R-D-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔʁdnɐ].
What does "Ordner" mean?
As a noun, "Ordner" means: ein großer, robuster Umschlag, in den man Blätter (meist Dokumente) einheftet
What words are commonly confused with "Ordner"?
"Ordner" is commonly confused with "ordre", "ordnet", "ordnete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ordner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ordner" is [ˈɔʁdnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ordner" come from?
"Ordner" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.