Fischotter
[ˈfɪʃˌʔɔtɐ]
The verdict
“Fischotter” is uncommon German (frequency #79,157 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,157
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Otter mit langem Körper, der über sehr gute Schwimmfähigkeiten verfügt
Corpus desk
Index DE-fischotter · Fischotter · German
Fischotter · rank #79,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,157
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Fischbrötchen
Nearest frequency peer: Fischbrötchen (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Fischotter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ficus
Ficus
20,847 corpus weight
- Filterkaffee
Filterkaffee
20,846 corpus weight
- Fischbrötch…
Fischbrötchen
20,845 corpus weight
- Fischotter
Fischotter
20,844 corpus weight
- Flegel
Flegel
20,842 corpus weight
- flirte
flirte
20,841 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Fischotter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fischotter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪʃˌʔɔtɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fischotter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fischotter is uncommon German at frequency #79,157 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪʃˌʔɔtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Fischotter has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Fischotter, spelled F-I-S-C-H-O-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Otter mit langem Körper, der über sehr gute Schwimmfähigkeiten verfügt
- 2in Europa und Teilen Asiens verbreiteter Otter mit langem Körper, der über sehr gute Schwimmfähigkeiten verfügt
Synonyms
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fischotter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.