Oberaufsicht
[ˈoːbɐˌʔaʊ̯fzɪçt]
The verdict
“Oberaufsicht” is uncommon German (frequency #90,694 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,694
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - übergeordnete Aufsicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-oberaufsicht · Oberaufsicht · German
Oberaufsicht · rank #90,694 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,694
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 14,908
- PHOTO-FINISH notifications
Nearest frequency peer: notifications (-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 “Oberaufsicht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- notificatio…
notifications
9,309 corpus weight
- Oberaufsicht
Oberaufsicht
9,307 corpus weight
- offenkundig…
offenkundigen
9,304 corpus weight
- offensichtl…
offensichtliches
9,303 corpus weight
- oj
oj
9,302 corpus weight
- Opernhauses
Opernhauses
9,301 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Oberaufsicht” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oberaufsicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːbɐˌʔaʊ̯fzɪçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #90,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oberaufsicht” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Oberaufsicht is uncommon German at frequency #90,694 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːbɐˌʔaʊ̯fzɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übergeordnete Aufsicht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Oberaufsicht in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Oberaufsicht, spelled O-B-E-R-A-U-F-S-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1übergeordnete Aufsicht
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 "Oberaufsicht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 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.