od.
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The verdict
“od.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oder
Corpus desk
Index DE-od · od. · German
od. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | od. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „od.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
od. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oder".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for od., and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is od., spelled O-D-..
Definition
- 1oder
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how od. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Büschel sind massive, hölzerne Kugeln mit Leder überzogen, od. lederne Kugeln mit Haaren ausgestopft, od. hölzerne Halbkugeln, auf welche eine Scheibe von starkem Leder genagelt ist, od. sie bestehen aus 2 kleinern metallnen Scheiben, zwischen welche eine größre Lederscheibe geschraubt ist.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.