Ordovizium
[ɔʁdoˈviːt͡si̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Ordovizium” 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) - die auf das Kambrium folgende Formation des Paläozoikums von etwa 485,4 bis 443,4 Millionen Jahren vor unserer Zeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-ordovizium · Ordovizium · German
Ordovizium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Ordovizium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁdoˈviːt͡si̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ordovizium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ordovizium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔʁdoˈviːt͡si̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die auf das Kambrium folgende Formation des Paläozoikums von etwa 485,4 bis 443,4 Millionen Jahren vor unserer Zeit".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ordovizium in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ordovizium, spelled O-R-D-O-V-I-Z-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1die auf das Kambrium folgende Formation des Paläozoikums von etwa 485,4 bis 443,4 Millionen Jahren vor unserer Zeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ordovizium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Das Ordovizium wird in drei chronostratigraphische Serien, Unter-, Mittel- und Oberordovizium untergliedert."
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.