Orissa
[oˈʁɪsa]
The verdict
“Orissa” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indischer Bundesstaat im Osten Indiens
Corpus desk
Index DE-orissa · Orissa · German
Orissa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orissa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈʁɪsa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Orissa“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Orissa is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [oˈʁɪsa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "indischer Bundesstaat im Osten Indiens".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Orissa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Orissa, spelled O-R-I-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1indischer Bundesstaat im Osten Indiens
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Orissa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bhubaneswar ist die Hauptstadt von Orissa.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.