Oberschwaben
[ˈoːbɐˌʃvaːbn̩]
The verdict
“Oberschwaben” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,692
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Landschaft im Grenzgebiet von Baden-Württemberg im Südosten und von Bayern im Südwesten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oberschwaben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːbɐˌʃvaːbn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #32,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oberschwaben” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Oberschwaben (IPA [ˈoːbɐˌʃvaːbn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,692 among 14,908 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Landschaft im Grenzgebiet von Baden-Württemberg im Südosten und von Bayern im Südwesten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oberschwaben, with forms such as "boerschwaben", "obberschwaben", and "obercshwaben". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Oberschwaben, spelled O-B-E-R-S-C-H-W-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Landschaft im Grenzgebiet von Baden-Württemberg im Südosten und von Bayern im Südwesten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- boerschwaben
- obberschwaben
- obercshwaben
- oberrschwaben
- oberscchwaben
- oberschawben
- oberschhwaben
- oberschwabben
- oberschwabenn
- oberschwabne
- oberschwaebn
- oberschwbaen
- oberschwwaben
- oberscwhaben
- obershcwaben
- obersschwaben
- obesrchwaben
- obreschwaben
- oebrschwaben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oberschwaben - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Oberschwaben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-B-E-R-S-C-H-W-A-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoːbɐˌʃvaːbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.