Oase
[oˈaːzə]
The verdict
“Oase” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,326) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #19,326
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Bereich innerhalb einer Wüste, in der es Wasser und Pflanzen gibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-oase · Oase · German
Oase · rank #19,326 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,326
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH niki
Nearest frequency peer: niki (-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 “Oase”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nexus
Nexus
80,678 corpus weight
- niedrigste
niedrigste
80,677 corpus weight
- niki
niki
80,676 corpus weight
- Oase
Oase
80,675 corpus weight
- Oberhaupt
Oberhaupt
80,674 corpus weight
- Olli
Olli
80,673 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Oase” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oase |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈaːzə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oase” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Oase is neighbouring look-alikes ("Os", "one", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [oˈaːzə]. Frequency #19,326 among 1,007 “O” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oase, with forms such as "aose", "oaes", and "oasse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Os", "one", "Ost", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Oase, spelled O-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Bereich innerhalb einer Wüste, in der es Wasser und Pflanzen gibt
- 2positiver Gegenpart zum negativen sonstigen Zustand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
War es der Wassermangel oder eine Fata Morgana, die ihn inmitten der Wüste eine Oase sehen ließ?
„Ich war ein wenig enttäuscht von dem Anblick, denn ich hatte bereits die ersten grünen Vorboten der Oase erwartet.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aose
- oaes
- oasse
- osae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oase - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Oase", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 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.