OCD

abbrev

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The verdict

“OCD” is uncommon German (frequency #98,877 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,877
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordenskürzel der Unbeschuhten Karmeliten und der Unbeschuhten Karmelitinnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ocd · OCD · German

OCD · rank #98,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,877
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oberschüler

Nearest frequency peer: Oberschüler (-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 „OCD“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „OCD“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for OCD
PropertyValue
HeadwordOCD
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#98,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „OCD“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).OCDfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Oberschüler“ (#98,876), „ohnegleichen“ (#98,879), „Obdachlosenheim“ (#98,872). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „OCD“ bei #98,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

OCD is uncommon German at frequency #98,877 among 1,007 “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

  1. 1
    Ordenskürzel der Unbeschuhten Karmeliten und der Unbeschuhten Karmelitinnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how OCD appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Saverio Cannistrà OCD wurde 2009 zum Ordensgeneral des Ordens der Unbeschuhten Karmeliten gewählt.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "OCD"?
"OCD" is spelled O-C-D.
What does "OCD" mean?
As an abbreviation, "OCD" means: Ordenskürzel der Unbeschuhten Karmeliten und der Unbeschuhten Karmelitinnen
What language does "OCD" come from?
"OCD" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

OPE#98,883nvm#98,869MiB#98,808LKH#98,764

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list