Oettingen
[ˈœtɪŋən]
The verdict
“Oettingen” is uncommon German (frequency #81,943 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,943
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oettingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈœtɪŋən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oettingen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Oettingen is uncommon German at frequency #81,943 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈœtɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Oettingen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Oettingen, spelled O-E-T-T-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
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 “Oettingen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-E-T-T-I-N-G-E-N - 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.