orientiere
[oʁiɛnˈtiːʁə]
The verdict
“orientiere” is uncommon German (frequency #60,886 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,886
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs orientieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-orientiere · orientiere · German
orientiere · rank #60,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,886
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 14,908
- PHOTO-FINISH Ortmann
Nearest frequency peer: Ortmann (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “orientiere”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- olm
olm
39,118 corpus weight
- Ontologie
Ontologie
39,117 corpus weight
- orientiere
orientiere
39,115 corpus weight
- Ortmann
Ortmann
39,114 corpus weight
- Ortswechsel
Ortswechsel
39,113 corpus weight
- ota
ota
39,111 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “orientiere” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orientiere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oʁiɛnˈtiːʁə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “orientiere” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
orientiere is uncommon German at frequency #60,886 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [oʁiɛnˈtiːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for orientiere, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 orientiere, spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-I-E-R-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs orientieren
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs orientieren
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs orientieren
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs orientieren
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.