oceans

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The verdict

“oceans” is uncommon German (frequency #60,878 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,878
frequency rank, German
14,908
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs ocean

Key facts for oceans
PropertyValue
Headwordoceans
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “oceans” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). oceans lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oceans is uncommon German at frequency #60,878 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs ocean".

oceans doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is oceans, spelled O-C-E-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs ocean

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 "oceans"?
"oceans" is spelled O-C-E-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "oceans" mean?
As a noun, "oceans" means: Plural des Substantivs ocean
How do you pronounce "oceans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oceans" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “oceans”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is O-C-E-A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list