Osterburken

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The verdict

“Osterburken” is uncommon German (frequency #85,665 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,665
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-osterburken · Osterburken · German

Osterburken · rank #85,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,665
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH oute

Nearest frequency peer: oute (+2 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 “Osterburken”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Osterburken” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Osterburken
PropertyValue
HeadwordOsterburken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,665
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Osterburken” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Osterburkenliegt hier:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „oute“ (#85,667), „Paisley“ (#85,669), „optionalen“ (#85,660). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Osterburken is uncommon German at frequency #85,665 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Osterburken, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Osterburken, spelled O-S-T-E-R-B-U-R-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Osterburken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Osterburken liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

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 "Osterburken"?
"Osterburken" is spelled O-S-T-E-R-B-U-R-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Osterburken" mean?
As a proper noun, "Osterburken" means: eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Osterburken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Osterburken" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Osterburken" come from?
"Osterburken" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

offenherzig#85,656pervertiert#85,687niedrigster#85,642Nichtwissen#85,640

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list