Ornithologie

[ɔʁnitoloˈɡiː]

/[ɔʁnitoloˈɡiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ornithologie” is uncommon German (frequency #93,382 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,382
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilgebiet der Zoologie, das sich mit den Vögeln befasst

Corpus desk

Index DE-ornithologie · Ornithologie · German

Ornithologie · rank #93,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,382
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ortstermin

Nearest frequency peer: Ortstermin (+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 „Ornithologie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ornithologie
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrnithologie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɔʁnitoloˈɡiː]
Letters12
Frequency rank#93,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ornithologie“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ornithologiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ortstermin“ (#93,383), „orientale“ (#93,380), „Ohrmuschel“ (#93,378). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Ornithologie“ bei #93,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ornithologie is uncommon German at frequency #93,382 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔʁnitoloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teilgebiet der Zoologie, das sich mit den Vögeln befasst".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ornithologie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ornithologie, spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teilgebiet der Zoologie, das sich mit den Vögeln befasst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ornithologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „So können die Hessen beispielsweise eine Feldhamster-Patenschaft übernehmen oder der Hessischen Gesellschaft für Ornithologie und Naturschutz helfen, den Lebensraum des vom Aussterben bedrohten Tieres zu kartieren.“
  2. „Doch Dieter Zingel von der Hessischen Gesellschaft für Ornithologie und Naturschutz hat keinen Zweifel: Noch nie gab es in Wiesbaden so viele Halsbandsittiche wie heute.“

Synonyms

Vogelkunde

This word in other languages

ornithology(English)ornitología(Español)ornithologie(Français)ornitologia(Português)

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 "Ornithologie"?
"Ornithologie" is spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔʁnitoloˈɡiː].
What does "Ornithologie" mean?
As a noun, "Ornithologie" means: Teilgebiet der Zoologie, das sich mit den Vögeln befasst
How do you pronounce "Ornithologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ornithologie" is [ɔʁnitoloˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ornithologie" come from?
"Ornithologie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Paartherapie#93,389partizipiert#93,398Nordseeinsel#93,362nachzeichnen#93,337

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list