Ostfildern

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The verdict

“Ostfildern” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,187
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-ostfildern · Ostfildern · German

Ostfildern · rank #46,187 · 16 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,187
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Osteoporose

Nearest frequency peer: Osteoporose (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Ostfildern“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Ostfildern“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ostfildern vs TO
0% similar
Ostfildern vs video
30% similar
Ostfildern vs Trump
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ostfildern
PropertyValue
HeadwordOstfildern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,187
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ostfildern“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ostfildernliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Osteoporose“ (#46,185), „pants“ (#46,189), „Papua“ (#46,190). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Ostfildern“ bei #46,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Ostfildern (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,187 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ostfildern, with forms such as "osftildern", "osstfildern", and "ostffildern". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TO", "video", "Trump", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Ostfildern, spelled O-S-T-F-I-L-D-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ostfildern liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osftildern
  • osstfildern
  • ostffildern
  • ostfidlern
  • ostfilddern
  • ostfildenr
  • ostfildernn
  • ostfilderrn
  • ostfildren
  • ostfiledrn
  • ostfilldern
  • ostflidern
  • ostifldern
  • osttfildern
  • otsfildern
  • sotfildern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ostfildern - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osftildern2osstfildern1ostffildern1ostfidlern2ostfilddern1ostfildenr2ostfildernn1ostfilderrn1
Edit distance from "Ostfildern"

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 "Ostfildern"?
"Ostfildern" is spelled O-S-T-F-I-L-D-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Ostfildern" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ostfildern" means: eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Ostfildern"?
"Ostfildern" is commonly confused with "TO", "video", "Trump". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ostfildern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ostfildern" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ostfildern" come from?
"Ostfildern" 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 "Ostfildern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Orthopäden#46,183Pazifismus#46,194Oberkiefer#46,179Pestiziden#46,199

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

mitgerissen16 variantsReichswehr16 variantsrenommierter16 variantslückenhaft16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list