Osmose
[ˌɔsˈmoːzə]
The verdict
“Osmose” is uncommon German (frequency #83,133 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,133
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Hindurchdringen eines Lösungsmittels (z. B. Wasser) durch eine durchlässige, feinporige Scheidewand in eine gleichartige, aber stärker konzentrierte Lösung; Diffusion durch eine semipermeable o...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Osmose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɔsˈmoːzə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Osmose” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Osmose is uncommon German at frequency #83,133 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɔsˈmoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Hindurchdringen eines Lösungsmittels (z. B. Wasser) durch eine durchlässige, feinporige Scheidewand in eine gleichartige, aber stärker konzentrierte Lösung; Diffusion durch eine semipermeable o...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Osmose, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Osmose, spelled O-S-M-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1das Hindurchdringen eines Lösungsmittels (z. B. Wasser) durch eine durchlässige, feinporige Scheidewand in eine gleichartige, aber stärker konzentrierte Lösung; Diffusion durch eine semipermeable oder halbdurchlässige Membran
This word in other languages
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 “Osmose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-S-M-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɔsˈmoːzə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.