Orthopäde

[ɔʁtoˈpɛːdə]

/[ɔʁtoˈpɛːdə]/ noun

The verdict

“Orthopäde” is uncommon German (frequency #59,054 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,054
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Facharzt für Orthopädie

Corpus desk

Index DE-orthopade · Orthopäde · German

Orthopäde · rank #59,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,054
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH orla

Nearest frequency peer: orla (-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 „Orthopäde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Orthopäde
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrthopäde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɔʁtoˈpɛːdə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Orthopäde“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Orthopädefällt 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: „orla“ (#59,053), „Osteuropäer“ (#59,055), „Ordnern“ (#59,052). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Orthopäde“ bei #59,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Orthopäde is uncommon German at frequency #59,054 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔʁtoˈpɛːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Facharzt für Orthopädie".

No misspelling variants are generated for Orthopäde in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Orthopäde, spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-Ä-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Facharzt für Orthopädie

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mit deinem Knochenbruch solltest du dringend einen Orthopäden aufsuchen.
  2. „Roth erwähnte das Spiel gegen Princeton 1948, und die beiden freundeten sich an; da Roth im nahegelegenen Warren lebte, konsulierte er Root, einen hervorragenden Orthopäden, gelegentlich wegen seiner Rückenprobleme.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Orthopäde"?
"Orthopäde" is spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-Ä-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔʁtoˈpɛːdə].
What does "Orthopäde" mean?
As a noun, "Orthopäde" means: Facharzt für Orthopädie
How do you pronounce "Orthopäde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Orthopäde" is [ɔʁtoˈpɛːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Orthopäde" come from?
"Orthopäde" 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 "Orthopäde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list