Orthographie

/[ɔʁtoɡʁaˈfiː]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,365

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Orthographie is aGermannoun. It means: Gesamtheit der Regeln, wie Wörter in einer Sprache richtig zu schreiben sind Pronounced [ɔʁtoɡʁaˈfiː].

Key facts for Orthographie
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrthographie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɔʁtoɡʁaˈfiː]
Letters12
Frequency rank#48,365
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Orthographie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Orthographie is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɔʁtoɡʁaˈfiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,365 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for Orthographie, with forms such as "orhtographie", "orrthographie", and "orthgoraphie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Orthographie, spelled O-R-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Regeln, wie Wörter in einer Sprache richtig zu schreiben sind
  2. 2
    wissenschaftliche Disziplin, die sich mit den Rechtschreibregeln befasst

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orhtographie,orrthographie,orthgoraphie,orthhographie,orthogarphie,orthoggraphie,orthograhpie,orthographei,orthographhie,orthograpihe,orthograpphie,orthogrpahie,orthogrraphie,orthorgaphie,ortohgraphie,ortthographie,otrhographie,rothographie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Orthographie

Misspelling Variants of "Orthographie"

orhtographie12orrthographie13orthgoraphie12orthhographie13orthogarphie12orthoggraphie13orthograhpie12orthographei12
Misspelling Variants of "Orthographie"

Frequency rank: #48,365 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Orthographie"?
"Orthographie" is spelled O-R-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔʁtoɡʁaˈfiː].
What does "Orthographie" mean?
As a noun, "Orthographie" means: Gesamtheit der Regeln, wie Wörter in einer Sprache richtig zu schreiben sind
What are common misspellings of "Orthographie"?
Common misspellings include "orhtographie", "orrthographie", "orthgoraphie", "orthhographie", "orthogarphie". The correct spelling is "Orthographie".
How do you pronounce "Orthographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Orthographie" is [ɔʁtoɡʁaˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Orthographie" come from?
"Orthographie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.