obere

/[ˈoːbəʁə]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,403

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

obere is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ober- Pronounced [ˈoːbəʁə]. It ranks #5,403 in German word frequency. Often confused with oder and Oper.

Key facts for obere
PropertyValue
Headwordobere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈoːbəʁə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,403
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of obere in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for obere is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoːbəʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,403 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for obere, with forms such as "boere", "obbere", and "obeer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "oder", "Oper", "over", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is obere, spelled O-B-E-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs ober-

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boere,obbere,obeer,oberre,obree,oebre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obere

Misspelling Variants of "obere"

boere5obbere6obeer5oberre6obree5oebre5
Misspelling Variants of "obere"

Frequency rank: #5,403 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obere"?
"obere" is spelled O-B-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoːbəʁə].
What does "obere" mean?
As an adj, "obere" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ober-
What words are commonly confused with "obere"?
"obere" is commonly confused with "oder", "Oper", "over". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obere" is [ˈoːbəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obere" come from?
"obere" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.