Odysseus
[oˈdʏsɔɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Odysseus” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,438
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Name eines Heroen der griechischen Mythologie
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 | Odysseus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈdʏsɔɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Odysseus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Odysseus (IPA [oˈdʏsɔɪ̯s]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,438 among 14,908 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Name eines Heroen der griechischen Mythologie".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Odysseus, with forms such as "doysseus", "oddysseus", and "odsyseus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Odyssee", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Odysseus, spelled O-D-Y-S-S-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Name eines Heroen der griechischen Mythologie
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- doysseus
- oddysseus
- odsyseus
- odysesus
- odyseus
- odyssesu
- odysseuss
- odyssues
- odyysseus
- odyßeus
- oydsseus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Odysseus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Odysseus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-D-Y-S-S-E-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈdʏsɔɪ̯s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Odyssee” - see the side-by-side comparison. Odysseus vs Odyssee
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.