octopus
[ˈɒktəpəs]
The verdict
“octopus” is uncommon German (frequency #84,367 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,367
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oktopus, Krake
Corpus desk
Index DE-octopus · octopus · German
octopus · rank #84,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,367
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ochsenfurt
Nearest frequency peer: Ochsenfurt (-2 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 „octopus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Oberärztin
Oberärztin
15,638 corpus weight
- obvious
obvious
15,637 corpus weight
- Ochsenfurt
Ochsenfurt
15,636 corpus weight
- octopus
octopus
15,634 corpus weight
- Olav
Olav
15,632 corpus weight
- older
older
15,631 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „octopus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | octopus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɒktəpəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „octopus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
octopus is uncommon German at frequency #84,367 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɒktəpəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oktopus, Krake".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for octopus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is octopus, spelled O-C-T-O-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1Oktopus, Krake
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how octopus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Once a leash of thin black whips, like the arms of an octopus, flashed across the sunset and was immediately withdrawn, and afterwards a thin rod rose up, joint be joint, bearing at its apex a circular disk that spun with a wobbling motion."
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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