OSO

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The verdict

“OSO” is uncommon German (frequency #69,562 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,562
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für Ostsüdost

Corpus desk

Index DE-oso · OSO · German

OSO · rank #69,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,562
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH orthodoxer

Nearest frequency peer: orthodoxer (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „OSO“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „OSO“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for OSO
PropertyValue
HeadwordOSO
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#69,562
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „OSO“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).OSOfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „orthodoxer“ (#69,561), „Ostblocks“ (#69,563), „Ostufer“ (#69,564). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „OSO“ bei #69,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

OSO is uncommon German at frequency #69,562 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung für Ostsüdost".

No generated misspelling entries exist for OSO in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 OSO, spelled O-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für Ostsüdost

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "OSO"?
"OSO" is spelled O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "OSO" mean?
As an abbreviation, "OSO" means: Abkürzung für Ostsüdost
How do you pronounce "OSO"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "OSO" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "OSO" come from?
"OSO" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list