ölen
[ˈøːlən]
The verdict
“ölen” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,759
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas mit Öl einschmieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-olen · ölen · German
ölen · rank #36,759 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,759
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH Zäsur
Nearest frequency peer: Zäsur (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „ölen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zwinge
zwinge
63,245 corpus weight
- Zäsur
Zäsur
63,243 corpus weight
- ölen
ölen
63,242 corpus weight
- überschauba…
überschaubaren
63,241 corpus weight
- übertrieben…
übertriebenen
63,240 corpus weight
- Abbey
Abbey
63,238 corpus weight
What this shows „ölen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | ölen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈøːlən] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #36,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ölen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ölen (IPA [ˈøːlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,759 among 53 “Ö” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ölen, with forms such as "löen", "öeln", and "ölenn". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "on", "one", "OLG", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ölen, spelled Ö-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas mit Öl einschmieren
- 2etwas zu Öl pressen
- 3jemanden bestechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ölen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach den ölen der Zahnräder lief die Maschine reibungsloser.
„Der Motor wird von allen Seiten geölt; verborgene Schrauben werden gelockert und zugeschnürt; ein Mann lauft ins Hangar, holt ein Ersatzstück; da paßt es wieder nicht; er eilt zurück und hockend auf dem Boden des Hangar bearbeitet er es mit einem Hammer zwischen seinen Beinen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- löen
- öeln
- ölenn
- öllen
- ölne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ölen - 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 "ölen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).