Olympus

name

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The verdict

“Olympus” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,365
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berg im Grenzgebiet zwischen Thessalien und Makedonien, der für den Sitz der Götter gehalten wurde; Olymp

Corpus desk

Index DE-olympus · Olympus · German

Olympus · rank #35,365 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,365
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH obschon

Nearest frequency peer: obschon (-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 „Olympus“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Olympus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Olympus vs Olymp
71% similar
Olympus vs Olympia
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Olympus
PropertyValue
HeadwordOlympus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,365
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Olympus“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Olympusliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „obschon“ (#35,364), „ortsansässigen“ (#35,366), „Oberursel“ (#35,363). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Olympus“ bei #35,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Olympus, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,365 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Olympus, with forms such as "loympus", "ollympus", and "olmypus". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Olymp", "Olympia", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Olympus, spelled O-L-Y-M-P-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Berg im Grenzgebiet zwischen Thessalien und Makedonien, der für den Sitz der Götter gehalten wurde; Olymp
  2. 2
    Himmel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „tum pater omnipotens misso perfregit Olympum / fulmine et excussit subiectae Pelion Ossae;“ (Ov. met. 1, 154–155)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • loympus
  • ollympus
  • olmypus
  • olymmpus
  • olymppus
  • olympsu
  • olympuss
  • olymups
  • olypmus
  • olyympus
  • oylmpus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Olympus - 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.

loympus2ollympus1olmypus2olymmpus1olymppus1olympsu2olympuss1olymups2
Edit distance from "Olympus"

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 "Olympus"?
"Olympus" is spelled O-L-Y-M-P-U-S.
What does "Olympus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Olympus" means: Berg im Grenzgebiet zwischen Thessalien und Makedonien, der für den Sitz der Götter gehalten wurde; Olymp
What words are commonly confused with "Olympus"?
"Olympus" is commonly confused with "Olymp", "Olympia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Olympus" come from?
"Olympus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

obschon#35,364Parasit#35,374Nichten#35,354Pikachu#35,383

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mundtot11 variantsPsalmen11 variantsmassivem11 variantsMassagen11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list