Oberflächenwasser
[ˈoːbɐflɛçn̩ˌvasɐ]
The verdict
“Oberflächenwasser” is uncommon German (frequency #66,553 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,553
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wasser aus Niederschlägen, das oberirdisch auf befestigten und versiegelten Flächen fließt und das noch nicht ins Erdreich eindringen konnte; Oberflächenwasser ist neben frischem Niederschlagswasse...
Corpus desk
Index DE-oberflachenwasser · Oberflächenwasser · German
Oberflächenwasser · rank #66,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,553
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 14,908
- PHOTO-FINISH Oberharz
Nearest frequency peer: Oberharz (+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 “Oberflächenwasser”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nutzerin
Nutzerin
33,453 corpus weight
- Nutztieren
Nutztieren
33,452 corpus weight
- Oberflächen…
Oberflächenwasser
33,448 corpus weight
- Oberharz
Oberharz
33,447 corpus weight
- Oberhoheit
Oberhoheit
33,446 corpus weight
- Oelde
Oelde
33,443 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Oberflächenwasser” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oberflächenwasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːbɐflɛçn̩ˌvasɐ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #66,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oberflächenwasser” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Oberflächenwasser is uncommon German at frequency #66,553 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːbɐflɛçn̩ˌvasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasser aus Niederschlägen, das oberirdisch auf befestigten und versiegelten Flächen fließt und das noch nicht ins Erdreich eindringen konnte; Oberflächenwasser ist neben frischem Niederschlagswasse...".
Oberflächenwasser has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Oberflächenwasser, spelled O-B-E-R-F-L-Ä-C-H-E-N-W-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Wasser aus Niederschlägen, das oberirdisch auf befestigten und versiegelten Flächen fließt und das noch nicht ins Erdreich eindringen konnte; Oberflächenwasser ist neben frischem Niederschlagswasser auch das Wasser in Bächen, Flüssen und Seen
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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 "Oberflächenwasser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 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.