Ostgrenze
[ˈɔstˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]
The verdict
“Ostgrenze” is uncommon German (frequency #59,056 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,056
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - östliche Grenze von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-ostgrenze · Ostgrenze · German
Ostgrenze · rank #59,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,056
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 14,908
- PHOTO-FINISH Osteuropäer
Nearest frequency peer: Osteuropäer (-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 “Ostgrenze”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ordnern
Ordnern
40,949 corpus weight
- orla
orla
40,948 corpus weight
- Orthopäde
Orthopäde
40,947 corpus weight
- Osteuropäer
Osteuropäer
40,946 corpus weight
- Ostgrenze
Ostgrenze
40,945 corpus weight
- paella
paella
40,942 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ostgrenze” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostgrenze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔstˌɡʁɛnt͡sə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ostgrenze” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ostgrenze is uncommon German at frequency #59,056 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔstˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "östliche Grenze von etwas".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ostgrenze, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ostgrenze, spelled O-S-T-G-R-E-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1östliche Grenze von etwas
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 "Ostgrenze", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.