Ostberlin
[ˈɔstbɛʁˌliːn]
The verdict
“Ostberlin” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #47,629 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #47,629
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - östliche Stadtbezirke von Berlin
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostberlin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔstbɛʁˌliːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #47,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ostberlin” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ostberlin is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔstbɛʁˌliːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,629 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "östliche Stadtbezirke von Berlin".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ostberlin, with forms such as "osbterlin", "osstberlin", and "ostbberlin". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ostberlin, spelled O-S-T-B-E-R-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1östliche Stadtbezirke von Berlin
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osbterlin,osstberlin,ostbberlin,ostbelrin,ostberiln,ostberlinn,ostberllin,ostberlni,ostberrlin,ostbrelin,ostebrlin,osttberlin,otsberlin,sotberlin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ostberlin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Ostberlin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-S-T-B-E-R-L-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɔstbɛʁˌliːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.