Osterhofen

[oːstɐˈhoːfn̩]

/[oːstɐˈhoːfn̩]/ name

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)

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.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Osterhofen
PropertyValue
HeadwordOsterhofen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[oːstɐˈhoːfn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,703
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Osterhofen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Osterhofen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    eine 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Osterhofen"?
"Osterhofen" is spelled O-S-T-E-R-H-O-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [oːstɐˈhoːfn̩].
What does "Osterhofen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Osterhofen" means: eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Osterhofen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Osterhofen" is [oːstɐˈhoːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Osterhofen" come from?
"Osterhofen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list