Orthopädie
[ɔʁtopɛˈdiː]
The verdict
“Orthopädie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,886
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaft, das medizinische Fachgebiet, das sich mit der Erkennung und Behandlung von Fehlern im menschlichen Stütz- und Bewegungsapparat beschäftigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-orthopadie · Orthopädie · German
Orthopädie · rank #27,886 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,886
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Orangensaft
Nearest frequency peer: Orangensaft (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Orthopädie“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Oppositions…
Oppositionspartei
72,118 corpus weight
- Orangensaft
Orangensaft
72,116 corpus weight
- Orthopädie
Orthopädie
72,115 corpus weight
- Papierkram
Papierkram
72,114 corpus weight
- Paraguay
Paraguay
72,113 corpus weight
- Parkplätzen
Parkplätzen
72,112 corpus weight
What this shows „Orthopädie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orthopädie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁtopɛˈdiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Orthopädie“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Orthopädie (IPA [ɔʁtopɛˈdiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,886 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wissenschaft, das medizinische Fachgebiet, das sich mit der Erkennung und Behandlung von Fehlern im menschlichen Stütz- und Bewegungsapparat beschäftigt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Orthopädie, with forms such as "orhtopädie", "orrthopädie", and "orthhopädie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Orthopäden", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Orthopädie, spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-Ä-D-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft, das medizinische Fachgebiet, das sich mit der Erkennung und Behandlung von Fehlern im menschlichen Stütz- und Bewegungsapparat beschäftigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Orthopädie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An der neuen Klinik werden künftig folgende Fachrichtungen vertreten sein: Orthopädie, Chirurgie, Gynäkologie, HNO-Heilkunde, Handchirurgie, Augenheilkunde, Plastische Chirurgie, Urologie, Mund-Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie, Anästhesie.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orhtopädie
- orrthopädie
- orthhopädie
- orthopdäie
- orthoppädie
- orthopäddie
- orthopädei
- orthopäide
- orthoäpdie
- orthpoädie
- ortohpädie
- ortthopädie
- otrhopädie
- rothopädie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Orthopädie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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