Obfrau

[ˈɔpfʁaʊ̯]

/[ˈɔpfʁaʊ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Obfrau” is uncommon German (frequency #86,874 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,874
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat

Corpus desk

Index DE-obfrau · Obfrau · German

Obfrau · rank #86,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,874
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oberstufen

Nearest frequency peer: Oberstufen (-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 „Obfrau“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Obfrau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Obfrau
PropertyValue
HeadwordObfrau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔpfʁaʊ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Obfrau“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Obfraufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Oberstufen“ (#86,873), „obigem“ (#86,875), „Oberflächenstruktur“ (#86,872). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Obfrau“ bei #86,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Obfrau is uncommon German at frequency #86,874 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔpfʁaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat".

Zero misspellings are on record for Obfrau in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Obfrau, spelled O-B-F-R-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Obfrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Obfrau der Linken im Ausschuss [..] forderte konkrete Maßnahmen: [..]“

Synonyms

ObmänninVorsitzende

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 "Obfrau"?
"Obfrau" is spelled O-B-F-R-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔpfʁaʊ̯].
What does "Obfrau" mean?
As a noun, "Obfrau" means: weibliche Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat
How do you pronounce "Obfrau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Obfrau" is [ˈɔpfʁaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Obfrau" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

obigem#86,875Narcos#86,847Petras#86,902pflanz#86,906

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list