Ohm
[oːm]
The verdict
“Ohm” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,561) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,561
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maßeinheit des elektrischen Widerstands
Corpus desk
Index DE-ohm · Ohm · German
Ohm · rank #26,561 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,561
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ochsen
Nearest frequency peer: Ochsen (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Ohm“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Nussbaum
Nussbaum
73,443 corpus weight
- oberer
oberer
73,442 corpus weight
- Ochsen
Ochsen
73,441 corpus weight
- Ohm
Ohm
73,440 corpus weight
- Oklahoma
Oklahoma
73,439 corpus weight
- Oldenburger
Oldenburger
73,437 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Ohm“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ohm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oːm] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #26,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Ohm“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Ohm is neighbouring look-alikes ("ok", "on", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [oːm]. Frequency #26,561 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Gloss: "Maßeinheit des elektrischen Widerstands".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ohm in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ok", "on", "OP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ohm, spelled O-H-M.
Definition
- 1Maßeinheit des elektrischen Widerstands
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ohm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An einem Widerstand von 1 Ohm fällt bei einem Strom von 1 Ampere eine Spannung von 1 Volt ab.
This word in other languages
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 "Ohm"?
What does "Ohm" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Ohm"?
How do you pronounce "Ohm"?
What language does "Ohm" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ohm", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).