oder
[ˈoːdɐ]
The verdict
“oder” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Unterscheidung von mehreren Möglichkeiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-oder · oder · German
oder · rank #42 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #42
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH wenn
Nearest frequency peer: wenn (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “oder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- war
war
99,962 corpus weight
- nur
nur
99,961 corpus weight
- wenn
wenn
99,960 corpus weight
- oder
oder
99,959 corpus weight
- wird
wird
99,958 corpus weight
- was
was
99,957 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “oder” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | [ˈoːdɐ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oder” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around oder (IPA [ˈoːdɐ]), aparticle. Corpus frequency is #42 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for oder, with forms such as "doer", "odder", and "oderr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "or", "one", "Ohr", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is oder, spelled O-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Unterscheidung von mehreren Möglichkeiten
- 2Unterscheidung von mehreren Möglichkeiten
- 3Unterscheidung von mehreren Möglichkeiten
- 4Konsequenz
- 5rhetorisch bestärkende Interjektion, nachgestellt; soll den Gesprächspartner meist zu Zustimmung oder Ablehnung des Gesagten bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeder Mensch hat entweder einen bekannten oder einen unbekannten Vater.
Gehst du heute ins Kino oder noch Einen trinken - oder wollen wir es verbinden?
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- doer
- odder
- oderr
- odre
- oedr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oder - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.