Olfen
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The verdict
“Olfen” is uncommon German (frequency #86,880 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,880
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-olfen · Olfen · German
Olfen · rank #86,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,880
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Okzident
Nearest frequency peer: Okzident (-2 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 „Olfen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- obigem
obigem
13,126 corpus weight
- Oboen
Oboen
13,125 corpus weight
- Okzident
Okzident
13,123 corpus weight
- Olfen
Olfen
13,121 corpus weight
- Ortsangabe
Ortsangabe
13,117 corpus weight
- Ortsschild
Ortsschild
13,116 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Olfen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Olfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Olfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Olfen is uncommon German at frequency #86,880 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Olfen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Olfen, spelled O-L-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Olfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Olfen liegt im Westen Deutschlands.
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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