Oblast
[ˈɔblast]
The verdict
“Oblast” is uncommon German (frequency #97,467 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,467
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verwaltungsgebiet in Bulgarien, Kirgisistan, Russland, der Ukraine und Weißrussland sowie früher im Russischen Reich, in der Sowjetunion und von 1922 bis 1929 in Jugoslawien
Corpus desk
Index DE-oblast · Oblast · German
Oblast · rank #97,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,467
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Oberösterreic…
Nearest frequency peer: Oberösterreicher (-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 „Oblast“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Obergeschos…
Obergeschosses
2,537 corpus weight
- oberrheinis…
oberrheinischen
2,536 corpus weight
- Oberösterre…
Oberösterreicher
2,535 corpus weight
- Oblast
Oblast
2,534 corpus weight
- Offsetdruck
Offsetdruck
2,532 corpus weight
- Offtopic
Offtopic
2,531 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Oblast“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oblast |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔblast] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oblast“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oblast is uncommon German at frequency #97,467 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔblast]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verwaltungsgebiet in Bulgarien, Kirgisistan, Russland, der Ukraine und Weißrussland sowie früher im Russischen Reich, in der Sowjetunion und von 1922 bis 1929 in Jugoslawien".
Oblast has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Oblast, spelled O-B-L-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Verwaltungsgebiet in Bulgarien, Kirgisistan, Russland, der Ukraine und Weißrussland sowie früher im Russischen Reich, in der Sowjetunion und von 1922 bis 1929 in Jugoslawien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oblast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Oblast Tjumen ist die größte Oblast Russlands.
In Russland gibt es 46 Oblaste.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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