Oktave
[ɔkˈtaːvə]
The verdict
“Oktave” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,938 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,938
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Tonintervall, bei dem Hoch- und Tiefton ein Frequenzverhältnis von 2:1 haben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oktave |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔkˈtaːvə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oktave” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Oktave is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɔkˈtaːvə]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,938 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oktave, with forms such as "kotave", "okatve", and "okktave". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Oktave, spelled O-K-T-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1ein Tonintervall, bei dem Hoch- und Tiefton ein Frequenzverhältnis von 2:1 haben
- 2Paar von Tasten eines Musikinstruments, bei dem die ausgelösten Töne eine Oktave im Sinne von [1] bilden
- 3Angabe eines Frequenzbereiches, dessen obere und untere Grenzfrequenz das Verhältnis 2 zu 1 aufweisen
- 4Achtdimensionale Zahl
- 5Menge der Oktaven (achtdimensionalen Zahlen)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kotave,okatve,okktave,oktaev,oktavve,okttave,oktvae,otkave
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oktave - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Oktave”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-K-T-A-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔkˈtaːvə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.