Osteopathie
[ɔsteopaˈtiː]
The verdict
“Osteopathie” is uncommon German (frequency #71,686 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,686
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allgemeine Bezeichnung für Knochenleiden oder Knochenkrankheiten (besonders Stoffwechselkrankheiten der Knochen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-osteopathie · Osteopathie · German
Osteopathie · rank #71,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,686
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH packend
Nearest frequency peer: packend (+2 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 „Osteopathie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ortenberg
Ortenberg
28,320 corpus weight
- Osteopathie
Osteopathie
28,315 corpus weight
- packend
packend
28,313 corpus weight
- Paddington
Paddington
28,312 corpus weight
- Papiergeld
Papiergeld
28,311 corpus weight
- Paradieses
Paradieses
28,310 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Osteopathie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Osteopathie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔsteopaˈtiː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Osteopathie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Osteopathie is uncommon German at frequency #71,686 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔsteopaˈtiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Osteopathie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Osteopathie, spelled O-S-T-E-O-P-A-T-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1allgemeine Bezeichnung für Knochenleiden oder Knochenkrankheiten (besonders Stoffwechselkrankheiten der Knochen)
- 2ganzheitliches, manuelles Diagnose- und Behandlungskonzept der alternativen Medizin bei Störungen und Bewegungseinschränkungen der Faszien und Gelenke
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Osteopathie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er [der Bauchtanz] ist beispielsweise eingesetzt worden als Therapie von Osteopathie, auf ihn wird auch in der Bioenergetik oder als Variante zu Aerobic in Gymnastikzirkeln zurückgegriffen.“
„Seit zwei, drei Jahren sind auch bei Tieren physikalische Behandlungsmethoden wie Osteopathie, Chiropraktik oder Physiotherapie auf dem Vormarsch.“
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.
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