ObstvsoktWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Obst is a noun, okt is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Obst” is a noun and “okt” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,545
“Obst” frequency rank
#15,446
“okt” frequency rank
19991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Obst okt
Definition roh essbare, meist saftige Früchte, die von Bäumen, Sträuchern und mehrjährigen Stauden stammen, mit überwiegend süßlichem oder säuerlichem, „fruchtigem“ Geschmack Abkürzung für den Monat oktober; Oktober

Letter map: Obst vs okt

Shared letters muted; letters that set Obst and okt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Obst
3 ch
okt

Part-of-speech tell for Obst / okt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Obst is anoun and oktanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Obst is recorded at frequency rank #4,545, classified as anoun, pronounced [oːpst]. okt is at rank #15,446, tagged as anabbrev.

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 19991, this pair ranks #1,902,445 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Obst vs okt

Shared letters: ot. Private to "Obst": bs. Private to "okt": k.

"Obst" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "okt" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Obstbost · obbst · obsst · obstt · obts · osbt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Obst" and "okt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Obst" is a noun and "okt" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Obst" or "okt"?
"Obst" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,545 in our German list, against #15,446 for "okt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Obst" vs "okt" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Obst" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "okt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,902,445 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Obst" and "okt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "OGH vs okt". 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 #1,902,445 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