Ostschweiz
[ˈɔstˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s]
The verdict
“Ostschweiz” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,632
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der östliche Teil des Staatsgebiets der Schweiz, der von den Kantonen Glarus, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Graubünden und Thurgau gebildet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostschweiz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔstˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #47,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ostschweiz” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Ostschweiz (IPA [ˈɔstˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,632 among 14,908 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der östliche Teil des Staatsgebiets der Schweiz, der von den Kantonen Glarus, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Graubünden und Thurgau gebildet wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ostschweiz, with forms such as "osstchweiz", "osstschweiz", and "ostcshweiz". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ostschweiz, spelled O-S-T-S-C-H-W-E-I-Z.
Definition
- 1der östliche Teil des Staatsgebiets der Schweiz, der von den Kantonen Glarus, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Graubünden und Thurgau gebildet wird
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osstchweiz,osstschweiz,ostcshweiz,ostscchweiz,ostschewiz,ostschhweiz,ostschweizz,ostschwezi,ostschwiez,ostschwweiz,ostscwheiz,ostshcweiz,ostsschweiz,osttschweiz,otsschweiz,sotschweiz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ostschweiz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Ostschweiz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-S-T-S-C-H-W-E-I-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɔstˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s] (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.