Otitis
[oˈtiːtɪs]
The verdict
“Otitis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine das Ohr betreffende Entzündung
Corpus desk
Index DE-otitis · Otitis · German
Otitis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Otitis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈtiːtɪs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Otitis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Otitis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈtiːtɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine das Ohr betreffende Entzündung".
Otitis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Otitis, spelled O-T-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1eine das Ohr betreffende Entzündung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Otitis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der HNO-Arzt stellt eine akute Otitis fest und verordnete eine entsprechende Medikation.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.