obvious
[ɒbviːəs]
The verdict
“obvious” is uncommon German (frequency #84,364 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,364
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - augenfällig, augenscheinlich, deutlich, eindeutig, einleuchtend, ersichtlich, evident, klar, naheliegend, offenbar, offenkundig, offensichtlich, sichtlich, sinnfällig, klar ersichtlich, nahe liegen...
Corpus desk
Index DE-obvious · obvious · German
obvious · rank #84,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,364
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Oberärztin
Nearest frequency peer: Oberärztin (-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 „obvious“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nümbrecht
Nümbrecht
15,642 corpus weight
- Oberstudien…
Oberstudienrat
15,639 corpus weight
- Oberärztin
Oberärztin
15,638 corpus weight
- obvious
obvious
15,637 corpus weight
- Ochsenfurt
Ochsenfurt
15,636 corpus weight
- octopus
octopus
15,634 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „obvious“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obvious |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɒbviːəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „obvious“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
obvious is uncommon German at frequency #84,364 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɒbviːəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "augenfällig, augenscheinlich, deutlich, eindeutig, einleuchtend, ersichtlich, evident, klar, naheliegend, offenbar, offenkundig, offensichtlich, sichtlich, sinnfällig, klar ersichtlich, nahe liegen...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for obvious, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is obvious, spelled O-B-V-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1augenfällig, augenscheinlich, deutlich, eindeutig, einleuchtend, ersichtlich, evident, klar, naheliegend, offenbar, offenkundig, offensichtlich, sichtlich, sinnfällig, klar ersichtlich, nahe liegend, auf der Hand liegend, unübersehbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obvious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Please try to not be too obvious and choose a combination of numbers that you will be able to remember easily at all times.
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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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