obskure

[ɔpsˈkuːʁə]

/[ɔpsˈkuːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“obskure” is uncommon German (frequency #77,132 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,132
frequency rank, German
14,908
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs obskur

Corpus desk

Index DE-obskure · obskure · German

obskure · rank #77,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,132
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 14,908
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oberlicht

Nearest frequency peer: Oberlicht (-2 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “obskure”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “obskure” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for obskure
PropertyValue
Headwordobskure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɔpsˈkuːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,132
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “obskure” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). obskure lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

obskure is uncommon German at frequency #77,132 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔpsˈkuːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

obskure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 obskure, spelled O-B-S-K-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs obskur

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obskure"?
"obskure" is spelled O-B-S-K-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔpsˈkuːʁə].
What does "obskure" mean?
As an adjective, "obskure" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs obskur
How do you pronounce "obskure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obskure" is [ɔpsˈkuːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obskure" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list