Opferzahl
[ˈɔp͡fɐˌt͡saːl]
The verdict
“Opferzahl” is uncommon German (frequency #71,678 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,678
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anzahl der Opfer
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Opferzahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔp͡fɐˌt͡saːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Opferzahl” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Opferzahl is uncommon German at frequency #71,678 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔp͡fɐˌt͡saːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anzahl der Opfer".
Zero misspellings are on record for Opferzahl in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Opferzahl, spelled O-P-F-E-R-Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1Anzahl der Opfer
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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Using “Opferzahl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-P-F-E-R-Z-A-H-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.