Obmann
[ˈɔpˌman]
The verdict
“Obmann” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,997
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat
Corpus desk
Index DE-obmann · Obmann · German
Obmann · rank #18,997 · 7 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,997
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH obi
Nearest frequency peer: obi (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Obmann“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Neujahr
Neujahr
81,007 corpus weight
- Newcomer
Newcomer
81,006 corpus weight
- obi
obi
81,005 corpus weight
- Obmann
Obmann
81,004 corpus weight
- Oettinger
Oettinger
81,003 corpus weight
- offshore
offshore
81,002 corpus weight
What this shows „Obmann“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Obmann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔpˌman] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Obmann“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Obmann (IPA [ˈɔpˌman]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,997 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Obmann, with forms such as "bomann", "obamnn", and "obbmann". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Oman", "Osmanen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Obmann, spelled O-B-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Obmann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie die anderen Abgeordneten des Bundestags erhielt auch der Obmann im Verteidigungsausschuss nur eine kurze Mitteilung des Einsatzführungskommandos in Potsdam, die gleichlautend auf der Webseite der Truppe veröffentlicht wurde.“
„Der Obmann meiner Abteilung war, wie gesagt, der Gefreite Paulus, ein ernster, finsterer Mann, der für nichts als für den Dienst Sinn zu haben schien.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bomann
- obamnn
- obbmann
- obman
- obmmann
- obmnan
- ombann
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Obmann - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).