OAS
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The verdict
“OAS” is uncommon German (frequency #62,700 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,700
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Organisation armée secrète
Corpus desk
Index DE-oas · OAS · German
OAS · rank #62,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,700
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Nährstoff
Nearest frequency peer: Nährstoff (-2 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 “OAS”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- notiere
notiere
37,306 corpus weight
- notleidenden
notleidenden
37,305 corpus weight
- Nährstoff
Nährstoff
37,303 corpus weight
- OAS
OAS
37,301 corpus weight
- Oberschenke…
Oberschenkeln
37,298 corpus weight
- Oerlinghaus…
Oerlinghausen
37,296 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “OAS” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | OAS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “OAS” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
OAS is uncommon German at frequency #62,700 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for OAS in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is OAS, spelled O-A-S.
Definition
- 1Organisation armée secrète
- 2Organisation Amerikanischer Staaten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how OAS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Frankreich schleppte sich während des ganzen Vietnam-, später Algerienkrieges von einer Regierungskrise zur anderen, mußte mit Inflation, Währungsreform und innerer Demoralisierung für seine Kolonialkriege zahlen, mit dem Sturz der IV. Republik und Umsturzversuchen der rechtsextremen OAS gegen die V. Republik, bis de Gaulle Algerien im Vertrag von Evian…
„Die OAS hält bis heute an ihren Vorwürfen fest.“
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); 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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 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.