Olav
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The verdict
“Olav” is uncommon German (frequency #84,369 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,369
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - norwegischer männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-olav · Olav · German
Olav · rank #84,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,369
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH older
Nearest frequency peer: older (+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 „Olav“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ochsenfurt
Ochsenfurt
15,636 corpus weight
- octopus
octopus
15,634 corpus weight
- Olav
Olav
15,632 corpus weight
- older
older
15,631 corpus weight
- Oligarch
Oligarch
15,630 corpus weight
- Omsk
Omsk
15,629 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Olav“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Olav |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Olav“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Olav is uncommon German at frequency #84,369 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "norwegischer männlicher Vorname".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Olav, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Olav, spelled O-L-A-V.
Definition
- 1norwegischer männlicher Vorname
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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