Oktopus

[ˈɔktopʊs]

/[ˈɔktopʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Oktopus” is uncommon German (frequency #70,638 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,638
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - achtarmiger Krake

Corpus desk

Index DE-oktopus · Oktopus · German

Oktopus · rank #70,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,638
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Obstsalat

Nearest frequency peer: Obstsalat (-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 „Oktopus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Oktopus
PropertyValue
HeadwordOktopus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔktopʊs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,638
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Oktopus“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Obstsalat“ (#70,637), „Opernsänger“ (#70,639), „Oberschulen“ (#70,636). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Oktopus“ bei #70,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Oktopus is uncommon German at frequency #70,638 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔktopʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "achtarmiger Krake".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Oktopus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Oktopus, spelled O-K-T-O-P-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    achtarmiger Krake

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Oktopus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die normale Schwimmbewegung der achtarmigen Kephalopoden oder Oktopoden ist rückwärts, da sie durch den Ausstoß von Wasser angetrieben werden.
  2. „Auf dem Gebiet der Bewusstseinsforschung bei Tieren sind sich Experten einig: Oktopoden sind empfindungsfähige Wesen, die Schmerz fühlen und aktiv versuchen, ihn zu vermeiden.“

Synonyms

AchtfüßlerOktopodePolypKrakePulpPulpeOctopodidae

This word in other languages

octopus(English)pulpo(Español)pieuvre(Français)polvo(Português)

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 "Oktopus"?
"Oktopus" is spelled O-K-T-O-P-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔktopʊs].
What does "Oktopus" mean?
As a noun, "Oktopus" means: achtarmiger Krake
How do you pronounce "Oktopus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Oktopus" is [ˈɔktopʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Oktopus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paradis#70,648parents#70,649Nitrate#70,626peppers#70,662

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list