Ökologie
[ˌøkoloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Ökologie” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,539
- frequency rank, German
- 533
- “Ö” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teilgebiet der Biologie, welches sich mit den Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Organismen und ihrer natürlichen Umwelt beschäftigt
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 | Ökologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌøkoloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ökologie” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Ökologie (IPA [ˌøkoloˈɡiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,539 among 533 “Ö” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Teilgebiet der Biologie, welches sich mit den Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Organismen und ihrer natürlichen Umwelt beschäftigt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ökologie, with forms such as "köologie", "ökkologie", and "ökloogie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Ökonomie", "Onkologie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ökologie, spelled Ö-K-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Teilgebiet der Biologie, welches sich mit den Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Organismen und ihrer natürlichen Umwelt beschäftigt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: köologie,ökkologie,ökloogie,ökolgoie,ökollogie,ökologei,ökologgie,ökoloige,ökoolgie,öoklogie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ökologie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Ökologie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ö-K-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌøkoloˈɡiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ökonomie” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ökologie vs Ökonomie
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.