Ohre

[ˈoːʁə]

/[ˈoːʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ohre” is uncommon German (frequency #93,377 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,377
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Ohr

Corpus desk

Index DE-ohre · Ohre · German

Ohre · rank #93,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,377
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ohrmuschel

Nearest frequency peer: Ohrmuschel (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ohre“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ohre“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ohre
PropertyValue
HeadwordOhre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoːʁə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#93,377
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ohre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ohrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ohrmuschel“ (#93,378), „Obsoleszenz“ (#93,375), „orientale“ (#93,380). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Ohre“ bei #93,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ohre is uncommon German at frequency #93,377 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Ohr".

No misspelling variants are generated for Ohre in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ohre, spelled O-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Ohr

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 "Ohre"?
"Ohre" is spelled O-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoːʁə].
What does "Ohre" mean?
As a noun, "Ohre" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Ohr
How do you pronounce "Ohre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ohre" is [ˈoːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ohre" come from?
"Ohre" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ohre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nini#93,354nets#93,347mott#93,319rigg#93,494

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list