Oberbefehl
[ˈoːbɐbəˌfeːl]
The verdict
“Oberbefehl” is uncommon German (frequency #53,127 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,127
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höchste Befehlsinstanz
Corpus desk
Index DE-oberbefehl · Oberbefehl · German
Oberbefehl · rank #53,127 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,127
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Nymphen
Nearest frequency peer: Nymphen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Oberbefehl“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nutrition
nutrition
46,877 corpus weight
- Nutzpflanzen
Nutzpflanzen
46,876 corpus weight
- Nymphen
Nymphen
46,875 corpus weight
- Oberbefehl
Oberbefehl
46,874 corpus weight
- oberfränkis…
oberfränkischen
46,873 corpus weight
- objects
objects
46,872 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Oberbefehl“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oberbefehl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːbɐbəˌfeːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oberbefehl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oberbefehl is uncommon German at frequency #53,127 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːbɐbəˌfeːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "höchste Befehlsinstanz".
Oberbefehl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Oberbefehl, spelled O-B-E-R-B-E-F-E-H-L.
Definition
- 1höchste Befehlsinstanz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oberbefehl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Oberbefehl über die rote Garde wird dem Kommunisten Eglhofer übertragen.“
„In Petersburg traf Fürst Andrej seinen alten, ihm immer noh wohlgeneigten Vorgesetzen Kutusow, und Kutusow schlug ihm vor, mit ihm zusammen zur Moldauarmee zu gehen, deren Oberbefehl dem alten General übertragen worden war.“
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).