oc
[ɔk]
The verdict
“oc” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,989) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,989
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Gänserich, der Ganter; ein männlicher großer Vogel
Corpus desk
Index DE-oc · oc · German
oc · rank #26,989 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,989
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH obige
Nearest frequency peer: obige (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „oc“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- obdachlos
obdachlos
73,015 corpus weight
- oberflächli…
oberflächliche
73,014 corpus weight
- obige
obige
73,013 corpus weight
- oc
oc
73,012 corpus weight
- oi
oi
73,011 corpus weight
- operativ
operativ
73,010 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „oc“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | oc |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔk] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #26,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „oc“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for oc is neighbouring look-alikes ("of", "oh", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ɔk]. Frequency #26,989 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Gloss: "der Gänserich, der Ganter; ein männlicher großer Vogel".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oc, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "oh", "ok", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is oc, spelled O-C.
Definition
- 1der Gänserich, der Ganter; ein männlicher großer Vogel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’oc és el mascle de l’oca.
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.