Ostafrika
[ˌɔstˈʔaːfʁika]
The verdict
“Ostafrika” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,722
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der östliche Teil des Kontinents Afrika
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostafrika |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌɔstˈʔaːfʁika] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ostafrika” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Ostafrika (IPA [ˌɔstˈʔaːfʁika]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,722 among 14,908 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der östliche Teil des Kontinents Afrika".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ostafrika, with forms such as "osatfrika", "osstafrika", and "ostaffrika". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ostafrika, spelled O-S-T-A-F-R-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1der östliche Teil des Kontinents Afrika
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osatfrika,osstafrika,ostaffrika,ostafirka,ostafriak,ostafrikka,ostafrkia,ostafrrika,ostarfika,ostfarika,osttafrika,otsafrika,sotafrika
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ostafrika - 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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Using “Ostafrika”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-S-T-A-F-R-I-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɔstˈʔaːfʁika] (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.