Ötztal
[ˈœt͡sˌtaːl]
The verdict
“Ötztal” is uncommon German (frequency #83,595 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,595
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seitental des Inntals in Tirol, das von der Ötztaler Ache durchflossen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-otztal · Ötztal · German
Ötztal · rank #83,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,595
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH übergeordnetes
Nearest frequency peer: übergeordnetes (+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 „Ötztal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zünftige
zünftige
16,410 corpus weight
- ängstigen
ängstigen
16,409 corpus weight
- Ötztal
Ötztal
16,406 corpus weight
- übergeordne…
übergeordnetes
16,405 corpus weight
- überlebst
überlebst
16,404 corpus weight
- überschwemm…
überschwemmten
16,402 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ötztal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ötztal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈœt͡sˌtaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ötztal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ötztal is uncommon German at frequency #83,595 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈœt͡sˌtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Seitental des Inntals in Tirol, das von der Ötztaler Ache durchflossen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ötztal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ötztal, spelled Ö-T-Z-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Seitental des Inntals in Tirol, das von der Ötztaler Ache durchflossen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ötztal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Ötztal fand man 1991 die Leiche eines Mannes aus der Jungsteinzeit.
„Wenige Kilometer hinter dem quirligen Alpin-Disneyland Sölden zweigt eine kleine Straße von der Bundesstraße ab und führt in eine stille Bergwelt, die ganz anders als das übrige Ötztal ist.“
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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