Oberkante
[ˈoːbɐˌkantə]
The verdict
“Oberkante” is uncommon German (frequency #56,400 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,400
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oberer Rand von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-oberkante · Oberkante · German
Oberkante · rank #56,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,400
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Obergrenzen
Nearest frequency peer: Obergrenzen (-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 „Oberkante“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nützlichkeit
Nützlichkeit
43,604 corpus weight
- Obergrenzen
Obergrenzen
43,602 corpus weight
- Oberkante
Oberkante
43,601 corpus weight
- Objektives
Objektives
43,600 corpus weight
- Okkupation
Okkupation
43,599 corpus weight
- olympischer
olympischer
43,598 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Oberkante“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oberkante |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːbɐˌkantə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oberkante“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oberkante is uncommon German at frequency #56,400 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːbɐˌkantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oberer Rand von etwas".
Oberkante has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Oberkante, spelled O-B-E-R-K-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1oberer Rand von etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Oberkante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Oberkante der Dünenkette, die sich wie ein leicht gewellter grünweißer Pinselstrich weit über die Insel hinzieht, hebt sich ohne impressionistischen Übergang deutlich vom stählernen Blau des Himmels ab.“
Antonyms
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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