Osterode
[ˌɔstəˈʁoːdə]
The verdict
“Osterode” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,718
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Osterode am Harz, einer Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Osterode |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌɔstəˈʁoːdə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Osterode” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Osterode (IPA [ˌɔstəˈʁoːdə]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,718 among 14,908 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Osterode, with forms such as "osetrode", "ossterode", and "osteorde". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Osterode, spelled O-S-T-E-R-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Osterode am Harz, einer Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
- 2Osterode am Fallstein, Ortsteil der Stadt Osterwieck im Landkreis Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, D
- 3Ortsteil von Neustadt/Harz im Landkreis Nordhausen, Thüringen, D
- 4Osterode in Ostpreußen, ehemalige Bezeichnung der Stadt Ostróda, Polen
- 5Namensbestandteil des ehemaligen Landkreises Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen, D
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osetrode
- ossterode
- osteorde
- osterdoe
- osterodde
- osteroed
- osterrode
- ostreode
- ostterode
- otserode
- soterode
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Osterode - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Osterode”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-S-T-E-R-O-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɔstəˈʁoːdə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.