Odessa
[oˈdɛsa]
The verdict
“Odessa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,697
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - drittgrößte, am Schwarzen Meer gelegene Stadt der Ukraine sowie Hauptort und Verwaltungssitz der Oblast Odessa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Odessa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈdɛsa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Odessa” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Odessa (IPA [oˈdɛsa]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,697 among 14,908 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "drittgrößte, am Schwarzen Meer gelegene Stadt der Ukraine sowie Hauptort und Verwaltungssitz der Oblast Odessa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Odessa, with forms such as "doessa", "oddessa", and "odesa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Odessa, spelled O-D-E-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1drittgrößte, am Schwarzen Meer gelegene Stadt der Ukraine sowie Hauptort und Verwaltungssitz der Oblast Odessa
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- doessa
- oddessa
- odesa
- odesas
- odeßa
- odsesa
- oedssa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Odessa - 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.
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Using “Odessa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-D-E-S-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.