obstacle
[ɒbstəkl]
The verdict
“obstacle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wörtlich: Hindernis
Corpus desk
Index DE-obstacle · obstacle · German
obstacle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obstacle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɒbstəkl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „obstacle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
obstacle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɒbstəkl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for obstacle in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is obstacle, spelled O-B-S-T-A-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1wörtlich: Hindernis
- 2übertragen: Hindernis
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.