originales

[oʁiɡiˈnaːləs]

/[oʁiɡiˈnaːləs]/ adj

The verdict

“originales” is uncommon German (frequency #76,036 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,036
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs original

Corpus desk

Index DE-originales · originales · German

originales · rank #76,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,036
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oppositionell…

Nearest frequency peer: Oppositioneller (-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 „originales“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for originales
PropertyValue
Headwordoriginales
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[oʁiɡiˈnaːləs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,036
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „originales“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).originalesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Oppositioneller“ (#76,035), „opportun“ (#76,034), „outcome“ (#76,039). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „originales“ bei #76,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

originales is uncommon German at frequency #76,036 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [oʁiɡiˈnaːləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for originales in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is originales, spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs original
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs original
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs original
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs original

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 "originales"?
"originales" is spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [oʁiɡiˈnaːləs].
What does "originales" mean?
As an adjective, "originales" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs original
How do you pronounce "originales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "originales" is [oʁiɡiˈnaːləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list