ota

[ɒˈta]

/[ɒˈta]/ noun

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The verdict

“ota” is uncommon German (frequency #60,890 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,890
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Elternteil; Vater

Corpus desk

Index DE-ota · ota · German

ota · rank #60,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,890
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH pads

Nearest frequency peer: pads (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ota“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ota“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ota
PropertyValue
Headwordota
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɒˈta]
Letters3
Frequency rank#60,890
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ota“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).otafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pads“ (#60,891), „Ortswechsel“ (#60,888), „Ortmann“ (#60,887). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „ota“ bei #60,890. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ota is uncommon German at frequency #60,890 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɒˈta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Elternteil; Vater".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ota, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ota, spelled O-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Elternteil; Vater

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ota"?
"ota" is spelled O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ɒˈta].
What does "ota" mean?
As a noun, "ota" means: männlicher Elternteil; Vater
How do you pronounce "ota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ota" is [ɒˈta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ota" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ota", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

olm#60,883OHL#60,881PCB#60,902mtu#60,851

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list