oval
[oˈvaːl]
The verdict
“oval” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,333
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eirund, von runder und länglicher, allerdings nicht kreisförmiger Form, ähnlich wie eine Ellipse
Corpus desk
Index DE-oval · oval · German
oval · rank #19,333 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,333
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ostens
Nearest frequency peer: Ostens (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „oval“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ortsteile
Ortsteile
80,670 corpus weight
- Ostens
Ostens
80,669 corpus weight
- oval
oval
80,668 corpus weight
- Pascha
Pascha
80,667 corpus weight
- Pate
Pate
80,666 corpus weight
- Patriotismus
Patriotismus
80,665 corpus weight
What this shows „oval“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oval |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oˈvaːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „oval“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around oval (IPA [oˈvaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,333 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eirund, von runder und länglicher, allerdings nicht kreisförmiger Form, ähnlich wie eine Ellipse".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for oval, with forms such as "oavl", "ovall", and "ovla". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ÖVP", "owl", "OVG", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is oval, spelled O-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1eirund, von runder und länglicher, allerdings nicht kreisförmiger Form, ähnlich wie eine Ellipse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oval appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der See hat eine ovale Form.
Die [Takt-]Stöcke aus Naturholz, Carbon und Glasfiber wiegen zwischen vier und zehn Gramm. Den größten Unterschied machen die Griffe. Sie sind mal oval, kugelförmig oder zylindrisch, wahlweise aus Eben- und Palisanderholz, Kork oder Gummi.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oavl
- ovall
- ovla
- ovval
- voal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oval - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).