Osaka
[oˈzaːka]
The verdict
“Osaka” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,711
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im Südwesten der japanischen Insel Honshu
Corpus desk
Index DE-osaka · Osaka · German
Osaka · rank #30,711 · 6 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,711
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Organspende
Nearest frequency peer: Organspende (-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 „Osaka“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Onlineshops
Onlineshops
69,293 corpus weight
- Oralsex
Oralsex
69,292 corpus weight
- Organspende
Organspende
69,291 corpus weight
- Osaka
Osaka
69,290 corpus weight
- parlamentar…
parlamentarischer
69,288 corpus weight
- pausenlos
pausenlos
69,287 corpus weight
What this shows „Osaka“ 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 | Osaka |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈzaːka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #30,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Osaka“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Osaka (IPA [oˈzaːka]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,711 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt im Südwesten der japanischen Insel Honshu".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Osaka, with forms such as "oaska", "osaak", and "osakka". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Oskar", "oak", "Obama", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Osaka, spelled O-S-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Südwesten der japanischen Insel Honshu
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Osaka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er war sofort aufgebrochen und hatte eine besonders schnelle Brieftaube an seinen Ordensoberen in Osaka abgeschickt; er wünschte, er hätte sich zuvor mit ihm beraten können, denn er war neu, erst seit zwei Jahren hier in Japan und noch nicht zum Priester geweiht und nicht zuständig für einen solchen außerordentlichen Fall.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oaska
- osaak
- osakka
- oskaa
- ossaka
- soaka
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Osaka - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Osaka", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).