Osterhofen
[oːstɐˈhoːfn̩]
The verdict
“Osterhofen” is uncommon German (frequency #90,703 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,703
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-osterhofen · Osterhofen · German
Osterhofen · rank #90,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,703
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 14,908
- PHOTO-FINISH Ornithologen
Nearest frequency peer: Ornithologen (-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 “Osterhofen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- oj
oj
9,302 corpus weight
- Opernhauses
Opernhauses
9,301 corpus weight
- Organisator…
Organisatorin
9,300 corpus weight
- Ornithologen
Ornithologen
9,299 corpus weight
- Osterhofen
Osterhofen
9,298 corpus weight
- Paketzustel…
Paketzusteller
9,294 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Osterhofen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Osterhofen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oːstɐˈhoːfn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Osterhofen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Osterhofen is uncommon German at frequency #90,703 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [oːstɐˈhoːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Osterhofen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Osterhofen, spelled O-S-T-E-R-H-O-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Osterhofen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.