ossi
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The verdict
“ossi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,842) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,842
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs osso
Corpus desk
Index DE-ossi · ossi · German
ossi · rank #34,842 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,842
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH osmanische
Nearest frequency peer: osmanische (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ossi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- organischer
organischer
65,162 corpus weight
- Orks
Orks
65,161 corpus weight
- osmanische
osmanische
65,160 corpus weight
- ossi
ossi
65,159 corpus weight
- osteuropäis…
osteuropäische
65,158 corpus weight
- ovale
ovale
65,157 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ossi” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ossi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “ossi” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ossi is neighbouring look-alikes ("Ost", "OSZE", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced […]. Frequency #34,842 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs osso".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for ossi, with forms such as "osi", "osis", and "oßi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ost", "OSZE", "Ossis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ossi, spelled O-S-S-I.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs osso
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osi
- osis
- oßi
- sosi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ossi - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "ossi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "ossi" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Ost". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #34,842 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.