Ortswechsel
[ˈɔʁt͡sˌvɛksl̩]
The verdict
“Ortswechsel” is uncommon German (frequency #60,888 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,888
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vorgang, in dem der (momentane Aufenthalts-) Ort geändert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-ortswechsel · Ortswechsel · German
Ortswechsel · rank #60,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,888
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 14,908
- PHOTO-FINISH Ortmann
Nearest frequency peer: Ortmann (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ortswechsel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ontologie
Ontologie
39,117 corpus weight
- orientiere
orientiere
39,115 corpus weight
- Ortmann
Ortmann
39,114 corpus weight
- Ortswechsel
Ortswechsel
39,113 corpus weight
- ota
ota
39,111 corpus weight
- pads
pads
39,110 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ortswechsel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ortswechsel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔʁt͡sˌvɛksl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ortswechsel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ortswechsel is uncommon German at frequency #60,888 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔʁt͡sˌvɛksl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorgang, in dem der (momentane Aufenthalts-) Ort geändert wird".
Ortswechsel has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct German form is Ortswechsel, spelled O-R-T-S-W-E-C-H-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, in dem der (momentane Aufenthalts-) Ort geändert wird
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ortswechsel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.