Orgelbauer

[ˈɔʁɡl̩ˌbaʊ̯ɐ]

/[ˈɔʁɡl̩ˌbaʊ̯ɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Orgelbauer” is uncommon German (frequency #70,640 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,640
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Orgeln herstellt

Corpus desk

Index DE-orgelbauer · Orgelbauer · German

Orgelbauer · rank #70,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,640
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Opernsänger

Nearest frequency peer: Opernsänger (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Orgelbauer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Orgelbauer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Orgelbauer
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrgelbauer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔʁɡl̩ˌbaʊ̯ɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,640
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Orgelbauer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Orgelbauerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Opernsänger“ (#70,639), „orphan“ (#70,641), „Oktopus“ (#70,638). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Orgelbauer“ bei #70,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Orgelbauer is uncommon German at frequency #70,640 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔʁɡl̩ˌbaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Orgeln herstellt".

Orgelbauer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Orgelbauer, spelled O-R-G-E-L-B-A-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Orgeln herstellt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Orgelbauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Zudem sah ich in meinem erlernten Beruf als Orgelbauer damals wenig Zukunftschancen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Orgelbauer"?
"Orgelbauer" is spelled O-R-G-E-L-B-A-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔʁɡl̩ˌbaʊ̯ɐ].
What does "Orgelbauer" mean?
As a noun, "Orgelbauer" means: Person, die Orgeln herstellt
How do you pronounce "Orgelbauer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Orgelbauer" is [ˈɔʁɡl̩ˌbaʊ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Orgelbauer" come from?
"Orgelbauer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Orgelbauer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

närrischen#70,635Notausgang#70,628Nettigkeit#70,614narrativen#70,610

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list