oven

Name: oven, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“oven” is uncommon German (frequency #92,046 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,046
frequency rank, German: 14,908
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Kammer oder ein geschlossenes Fach, in dem Speisen erhitzt, gebacken oder gebraten werden können beispielsweise als Teil eines Herdes oder in dem man backen oder Dinge trocknen kann: Ofen

Key facts for oven
Property	Value
Headword	oven
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#92,046
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “oven” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). oven lands here:

#92,046

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oven is uncommon German at frequency #92,046 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Kammer oder ein geschlossenes Fach, in dem Speisen erhitzt, gebacken oder gebraten werden können beispielsweise als Teil eines Herdes oder in dem man backen oder Dinge trocknen kann: Ofen".

Zero misspellings are on record for oven in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is oven, spelled O-V-E-N.

Definition

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eine Kammer oder ein geschlossenes Fach, in dem Speisen erhitzt, gebacken oder gebraten werden können beispielsweise als Teil eines Herdes oder in dem man backen oder Dinge trocknen kann: Ofen

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 "oven"?

"oven" is spelled O-V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "oven" mean?

As a noun, "oven" means: eine Kammer oder ein geschlossenes Fach, in dem Speisen erhitzt, gebacken oder gebraten werden können beispielsweise als Teil eines Herdes oder in dem man backen oder Dinge trocknen kann: Ofen

How do you pronounce "oven"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oven" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "oven" come from?

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Using “oven”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is O-V-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.