Osteoporose

/[ˌɔsteopoˈʁoːzə]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,185

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Osteoporose is aGermannoun. It means: krankhafter Knochenschwund Pronounced [ˌɔsteopoˈʁoːzə].

Key facts for Osteoporose
PropertyValue
HeadwordOsteoporose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɔsteopoˈʁoːzə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,185
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Osteoporose in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Osteoporose is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɔsteopoˈʁoːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,185 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "krankhafter Knochenschwund".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Osteoporose, with forms such as "osetoporose", "ossteoporose", and "osteooprose". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Osteoporose, spelled O-S-T-E-O-P-O-R-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    krankhafter Knochenschwund

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osetoporose,ossteoporose,osteooprose,osteopoorse,osteoporoes,osteoporosse,osteoporrose,osteoporsoe,osteopporose,osteoproose,ostepoorose,ostoeporose,ostteoporose,otseoporose,soteoporose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Osteoporose

Misspelling Variants of "Osteoporose"

osetoporose11ossteoporose12osteooprose11osteopoorse11osteoporoes11osteoporosse12osteoporrose12osteoporsoe11
Misspelling Variants of "Osteoporose"

Frequency rank: #46,185 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Osteoporose"?
"Osteoporose" is spelled O-S-T-E-O-P-O-R-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɔsteopoˈʁoːzə].
What does "Osteoporose" mean?
As a noun, "Osteoporose" means: krankhafter Knochenschwund
What are common misspellings of "Osteoporose"?
Common misspellings include "osetoporose", "ossteoporose", "osteooprose", "osteopoorse", "osteoporoes". The correct spelling is "Osteoporose".
How do you pronounce "Osteoporose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Osteoporose" is [ˌɔsteopoˈʁoːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Osteoporose" come from?
"Osteoporose" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.