orientalisch
[oʁiɛnˈtaːlɪʃ]
The verdict
“orientalisch” is uncommon German (frequency #56,408 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,408
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Orient, die Orientalen betreffend, aus dem Orient stammend
Corpus desk
Index DE-orientalisch · orientalisch · German
orientalisch · rank #56,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,408
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Organs
Nearest frequency peer: Organs (-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 „orientalisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Onyx
Onyx
43,597 corpus weight
- Organisatio…
Organisationsform
43,595 corpus weight
- Organs
Organs
43,594 corpus weight
- orientalisch
orientalisch
43,593 corpus weight
- Orientierun…
Orientierungshilfe
43,592 corpus weight
- origineller
origineller
43,591 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „orientalisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orientalisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oʁiɛnˈtaːlɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „orientalisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
orientalisch is uncommon German at frequency #56,408 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [oʁiɛnˈtaːlɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Orient, die Orientalen betreffend, aus dem Orient stammend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for orientalisch, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is orientalisch, spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Orient, die Orientalen betreffend, aus dem Orient stammend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how orientalisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Orientalisch oder blumig, ledrig oder frisch, für Damen oder Herren: Der angesehene Duftkritiker Luca Turin hat seine Lieblingsparfums in Listen aufgeführt.
Nach und nach entdeckte sie auch die andern Vorteile des orientalischen Tanzes.
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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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