Ossarium
[ɔˈsaːʁiʊm]
The verdict
“Ossarium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beinhaus
Corpus desk
Index DE-ossarium · Ossarium · German
Ossarium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ossarium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔˈsaːʁiʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ossarium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ossarium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔˈsaːʁiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ossarium, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Ossarium, spelled O-S-S-A-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Beinhaus
- 2Urne für Gebeine
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ossarium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Baumstümpfe, an deren Wurzeln trockener Lehm sich klumpte, und einzelne Findlinge, blind seit Äonen, waren nun zu einem immer höher ragenden Ossarium aufgehäuft worden, das abgefahren werden mußte.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.