Ostsachsen
[ˈɔstˌzaksn̩]
The verdict
“Ostsachsen” is uncommon German (frequency #98,886 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,886
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - das östliche Sachsen, Region in Sachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ostsachsen · Ostsachsen · German
Ostsachsen · rank #98,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,886
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ostrand
Nearest frequency peer: Ostrand (-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 “Ostsachsen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- OPE
OPE
1,118 corpus weight
- Opioide
Opioide
1,117 corpus weight
- Ostrand
Ostrand
1,116 corpus weight
- Ostsachsen
Ostsachsen
1,115 corpus weight
- Ostwand
Ostwand
1,114 corpus weight
- outlaws
outlaws
1,112 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ostsachsen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostsachsen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔstˌzaksn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ostsachsen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ostsachsen is uncommon German at frequency #98,886 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɔstˌzaksn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das östliche Sachsen, Region in Sachsen".
Ostsachsen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ostsachsen, spelled O-S-T-S-A-C-H-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1das östliche Sachsen, Region in Sachsen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ostsachsen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin in Ostsachsen geboren.
Ich habe in Ostsachsen meinen Urlaub verbracht.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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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.