Oszillator
[ɔst͡sɪˈlaːtoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Oszillator” is uncommon German (frequency #97,481 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,481
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Objekt, das die Fähigkeit zur (harmonischen) Schwingung aufweist, zu deren Erzeugung oder Messung dient
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oszillator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔst͡sɪˈlaːtoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oszillator” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Oszillator is uncommon German at frequency #97,481 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔst͡sɪˈlaːtoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Objekt, das die Fähigkeit zur (harmonischen) Schwingung aufweist, zu deren Erzeugung oder Messung dient".
Zero misspellings are on record for Oszillator in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Oszillator, spelled O-S-Z-I-L-L-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Objekt, das die Fähigkeit zur (harmonischen) Schwingung aufweist, zu deren Erzeugung oder Messung dient
This word in other languages
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 “Oszillator”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-S-Z-I-L-L-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔst͡sɪˈlaːtoːɐ̯] (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.