OGH

/[oːɡeːˈhaː]/ abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,937

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

OGH is anGermanabbrev. It means: Abkürzung für Oberster Gerichtshof (ist in Österreich die höchste richterliche Instanz in Zivil- und Strafsachen) Pronounced [oːɡeːˈhaː]. Often confused with oh and ok.

Key facts for OGH
PropertyValue
HeadwordOGH
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[oːɡeːˈhaː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#49,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of OGH in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for OGH is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oːɡeːˈhaː]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,937 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abkürzung für Oberster Gerichtshof (ist in Österreich die höchste richterliche Instanz in Zivil- und Strafsachen)".

No misspelling variants are generated for OGH in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "oh", "ok", "on", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is OGH, spelled O-G-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für Oberster Gerichtshof (ist in Österreich die höchste richterliche Instanz in Zivil- und Strafsachen)

Frequency rank: #49,937 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "OGH"?
"OGH" is spelled O-G-H. The IPA pronunciation is [oːɡeːˈhaː].
What does "OGH" mean?
As an abbrev, "OGH" means: Abkürzung für Oberster Gerichtshof (ist in Österreich die höchste richterliche Instanz in Zivil- und Strafsachen)
What words are commonly confused with "OGH"?
"OGH" 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 "OGH"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "OGH" is [oːɡeːˈhaː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "OGH" come from?
"OGH" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.