orthodox
[ɔʁtoˈdɔks]
The verdict
“orthodox” is uncommon German (frequency #52,311 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,311
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die orthodoxe(n) Kirche(n) betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-orthodox · orthodox · German
orthodox · rank #52,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,311
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH organisiere
Nearest frequency peer: organisiere (-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 „orthodox“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Olympiasieg
Olympiasieg
47,694 corpus weight
- operierte
operierte
47,693 corpus weight
- oranje
oranje
47,692 corpus weight
- organisiere
organisiere
47,691 corpus weight
- orthodox
orthodox
47,690 corpus weight
- paradoxe
paradoxe
47,686 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „orthodox“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orthodox |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɔʁtoˈdɔks] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „orthodox“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
orthodox is uncommon German at frequency #52,311 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔʁtoˈdɔks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for orthodox, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is orthodox, spelled O-R-T-H-O-D-O-X.
Definition
- 1die orthodoxe(n) Kirche(n) betreffend
- 2streng der Lehre folgend, rechtgläubig
- 3strikt gemäß Lehrmeinungen, Dogmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how orthodox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei den orthodoxen Kirchen handelt es sich um eine Gruppe von Kirchen, die in Kirchenverständnis, Lehre und Kult weitgehend übereinstimmen.
„Bereits unter den Zaren hatte die orthodoxe Kirche es nicht leicht, den heidnischen, kirchenfeindlichen Aberglauben zu bekämpfen.“
Synonyms
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); 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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