o. B.

abbrev

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The verdict

“o. B.” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an abbreviation - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne Beanstandung(en)

Key facts for o. B.
PropertyValue
Headwordo. B.
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “o. B.” sits in German frequency

o. B. falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for o. B. is 5 letters long, classified as an abbreviation. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for o. B. in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 o. B., spelled O-.- -B-..

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Beanstandung(en)
  2. 2
    ohne Befehl
  3. 3
    ohne Befugnis
  4. 4
    ohne Befund
  5. 5
    ohne Bekenntnis
  6. 6
    ohne Beleg(e)
  7. 7
    ohne Bericht
  8. 8
    ohne Beruf
  9. 9
    ohne Besonderheiten
  10. 10
    ohne Billigung

Synonyms

o.B.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "o. B."?
"o. B." is spelled O-.- -B-..
What does "o. B." mean?
As an abbreviation, "o. B." means: ohne Beanstandung(en)
What language does "o. B." come from?
"o. B." is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “o. B.”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is O-.- -B-. - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list