Oktober
[ɔkˈtoːbɐ]
The verdict
“Oktober” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #690
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der zehnte Monat des Kalenderjahres
Corpus desk
Index DE-oktober · Oktober · German
Oktober · rank #690 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-CORE #690
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH nämlich
Nearest frequency peer: nämlich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Oktober”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mach
mach
99,314 corpus weight
- new
new
99,313 corpus weight
- nämlich
nämlich
99,312 corpus weight
- Oktober
Oktober
99,311 corpus weight
- schaffen
schaffen
99,310 corpus weight
- setzen
setzen
99,309 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Oktober” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Oktober |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔkˈtoːbɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Oktober” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Oktober (IPA [ɔkˈtoːbɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #690 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der zehnte Monat des Kalenderjahres".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oktober, with forms such as "kotober", "okktober", and "okotber". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "October", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Oktober, spelled O-K-T-O-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1der zehnte Monat des Kalenderjahres
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oktober appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Oktober folgt auf den September.
„Ab Oktober ist er Delegationsmitglied der EU zum arabischen Raum und in dieser Funktion auch mit dem Irak betraut.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kotober
- okktober
- okotber
- oktboer
- oktobber
- oktoberr
- oktobre
- oktoebr
- okttober
- otkober
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oktober - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Oktober", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Oktober". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "October". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #690 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.