OasenvsoasisTell them apart

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“Oasen” and “oasis” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,128
“Oasen” frequency rank
#40,733
“oasis” frequency rank
89861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Oasen oasis
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Oase fruchtbarer Ort, der von unfruchtbarem Land umgeben ist

Letter map: Oasen vs oasis

Shared letters muted; letters that set Oasen and oasis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Oasen and oasis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Oasen
5 ch
oasis

Pair insight - Oasen / oasis

Oasen and oasis are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Oasen is recorded at frequency rank #49,128, classified as anoun, pronounced [oˈaːzn̩]. oasis is at rank #40,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 89861, this pair ranks #52,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Oasen vs oasis

Shared letters: aos. Private to "Oasen": en. Private to "oasis": i.

"Oasen" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC  ·  "oasis" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Oasen ← aosen · oaesn · oasenn · oasne · oassen · osaen
  • oasis ← aosis · oaiss · oasiss · oassi · oassis · osais

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Oasen" and "oasis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Oasen" vs "oasis" - which ranks higher?
"oasis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,733 in our German list, against #49,128 for "Oasen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Oasen" and "oasis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Oasen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "oasis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Oasen" and "oasis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oasis vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #52,868 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list