obere

[ˈoːbəʁə]

/[ˈoːbəʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“obere” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,403
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ober-

Corpus desk

Index DE-obere · obere · German

obere · rank #5,403 · 6 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,403
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Norbert

Nearest frequency peer: Norbert (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „obere“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „obere“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

obere vs oder
60% similar
obere vs Oper
40% similar
obere vs over
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „obere“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).obereliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Norbert“ (#5,402), „opel“ (#5,404), „nervt“ (#5,401). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „obere“ bei #5,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around obere (IPA [ˈoːbəʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,403 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for obere, with forms such as "boere", "obbere", and "obeer". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "oder", "Oper", "over", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is obere, spelled O-B-E-R-E.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obere - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

boere2obbere1obeer2oberre1obree2oebre2
Edit distance from "obere"

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.

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 adjective, "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obere", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nervt#5,401nenne#5,400Penis#5,407Lukas#5,392

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Pack6 variantsReife6 variantskaufe6 variantshebt6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list