orientierungslos
[oʁi̯ɛnˈtiːʁʊŋsloːs]
The verdict
“orientierungslos” is uncommon German (frequency #53,958 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,958
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht über die Fähigkeit verfügend, sich (räumlich) zurechtfinden zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-orientierungslos · orientierungslos · German
orientierungslos · rank #53,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,958
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Originalausga…
Nearest frequency peer: Originalausgabe (+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 „orientierungslos“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ominöse
ominöse
46,048 corpus weight
- Opferzahlen
Opferzahlen
46,045 corpus weight
- orientierun…
orientierungslos
46,043 corpus weight
- Originalaus…
Originalausgabe
46,042 corpus weight
- orthopädisc…
orthopädischen
46,041 corpus weight
- Ortsteils
Ortsteils
46,040 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „orientierungslos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orientierungslos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oʁi̯ɛnˈtiːʁʊŋsloːs] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #53,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „orientierungslos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
orientierungslos is uncommon German at frequency #53,958 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [oʁi̯ɛnˈtiːʁʊŋsloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht über die Fähigkeit verfügend, sich (räumlich) zurechtfinden zu können".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for orientierungslos, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is orientierungslos, spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-I-E-R-U-N-G-S-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1nicht über die Fähigkeit verfügend, sich (räumlich) zurechtfinden zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how orientierungslos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ziel- und orientierungslos folgte er nach der Schule seiner Freundin nach Innsbruck.“
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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