Ostsee

/[ˈɔstˌz̥eː]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,992

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Ostsee is aGermanname. It means: das Meer zwischen Mitteleuropa, Nordeuropa und Osteuropa Pronounced [ˈɔstˌz̥eː]. It ranks #5,992 in German word frequency. Often confused with Ostseite and Osten.

Key facts for Ostsee
PropertyValue
HeadwordOstsee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈɔstˌz̥eː]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,992
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ostsee in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ostsee is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔstˌz̥eː]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,992 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das Meer zwischen Mitteleuropa, Nordeuropa und Osteuropa".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ostsee, with forms such as "osstee", "osstsee", and "ostese". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Ostseite", "Osten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ostsee, spelled O-S-T-S-E-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Meer zwischen Mitteleuropa, Nordeuropa und Osteuropa

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osstee,osstsee,ostese,ostse,ostssee,osttsee,otssee,sotsee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ostsee

Misspelling Variants of "Ostsee"

osstee6osstsee7ostese6ostse5ostssee7osttsee7otssee6sotsee6
Misspelling Variants of "Ostsee"

Frequency rank: #5,992 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ostsee"?
"Ostsee" is spelled O-S-T-S-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔstˌz̥eː].
What does "Ostsee" mean?
As a name, "Ostsee" means: das Meer zwischen Mitteleuropa, Nordeuropa und Osteuropa
What words are commonly confused with "Ostsee"?
"Ostsee" is commonly confused with "Ostseite", "Osten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ostsee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ostsee" is [ˈɔstˌz̥eː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ostsee" come from?
"Ostsee" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.