OCD
The verdict
“OCD” is uncommon German (frequency #98,877 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,877
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ordenskürzel der Unbeschuhten Karmeliten und der Unbeschuhten Karmelitinnen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | OCD |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #98,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “OCD” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
OCD is uncommon German at frequency #98,877 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ordenskürzel der Unbeschuhten Karmeliten und der Unbeschuhten Karmelitinnen".
No misspelling variants are generated for OCD in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is OCD, spelled O-C-D.
Definition
- 1Ordenskürzel der Unbeschuhten Karmeliten und der Unbeschuhten Karmelitinnen
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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Using “OCD”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-C-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.