og

Name: og, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɔ]

/[ɔ]/ conj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“og” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,335) as a conjunction. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#10,335
frequency rank, German: 1,007
“O” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - und

Corpus desk

Index DE-og · og · German

og · rank #10,335 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,335
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,007
PHOTO-FINISH north

Nearest frequency peer: north (-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.

network

89,669
Netze

89,668
north

89,667
og

89,666
par

89,665
Pausen

89,664

What this shows Balken platzieren „og“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

og vs oh

50% similar

og vs ok

50% similar

og vs on

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for og
Property	Value
Headword	og
Language	German
Part of speech	Conjunction
IPA	[ɔ]
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#10,335
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „og“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ogliegt auf dieser Marke:

#10,335

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „north“ (#10,334), „par“ (#10,336), „Netze“ (#10,333). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „og“ bei #10,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for og is neighbouring look-alikes ("oh", "ok", …), not just typos; it is aconjunction pronounced [ɔ]. Frequency #10,335 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Gloss: "und".

og doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "oh", "ok", "on", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is og, spelled O-G.

Definition

1
und

This word in other languages

and(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "og"?

"og" is spelled O-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔ].

What does "og" mean?

As a conjunction, "og" means: und

What words are commonly confused with "og"?

"og" is commonly confused with "oh", "ok", "on". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "og"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "og" is [ɔ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "og" come from?

"og" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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