Orgasmus
[ɔʁˈɡasmʊs]
The verdict
“Orgasmus” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,714
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Höhepunkt der sexuellen Lust beim Geschlechtsverkehr, beim Masturbieren oder bei anderen sexuellen Handlungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-orgasmus · Orgasmus · German
Orgasmus · rank #10,714 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,714
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH operiert
Nearest frequency peer: operiert (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Orgasmus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Neuauflage
Neuauflage
89,291 corpus weight
- offenbart
offenbart
89,289 corpus weight
- operiert
operiert
89,288 corpus weight
- Orgasmus
Orgasmus
89,287 corpus weight
- originale
originale
89,286 corpus weight
- Oxford
Oxford
89,284 corpus weight
What this shows „Orgasmus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orgasmus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁˈɡasmʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Orgasmus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Orgasmus (IPA [ɔʁˈɡasmʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,714 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Höhepunkt der sexuellen Lust beim Geschlechtsverkehr, beim Masturbieren oder bei anderen sexuellen Handlungen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Orgasmus, with forms such as "ograsmus", "oragsmus", and "orgamsus". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Orgasmen", "Organismus", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Orgasmus, spelled O-R-G-A-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Höhepunkt der sexuellen Lust beim Geschlechtsverkehr, beim Masturbieren oder bei anderen sexuellen Handlungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Orgasmus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche Frau hatte noch nie einen Orgasmus.
„Sie hatte zwei, drei Orgasmen, sank dann erschöpft zurück und lächelte matt wie ein gefangenes Reh zu mir auf.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ograsmus
- oragsmus
- orgamsus
- orgasmmus
- orgasmsu
- orgasmuss
- orgassmus
- orgasums
- orggasmus
- orgsamus
- orrgasmus
- rogasmus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Orgasmus - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Orgasmus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).