Ober

name

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"ober" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Ober” is uncommon English (frequency #65,359 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,359
frequency rank, English
1,431
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ober · Ober · English

Ober · rank #65,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,359
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,431
  • PHOTO-FINISH O'Gorman

Nearest frequency peer: O'Gorman (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “Ober”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ober” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ober
PropertyValue
HeadwordOber
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,359
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Ober” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Oberfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “O'Gorman” (#65,358), “Oberoi” (#65,360), “O'Driscoll” (#65,357). Among 1,431 “O” headwords, “Ober” is #65,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ober is uncommon English at frequency #65,359 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ober, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Ober. The correct English form is Ober, spelled O-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from German.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Starke County, Indiana, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ober.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ober"?
"Ober" is spelled O-B-E-R.
What does "Ober" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ober" means: A surname from German.
What is the origin of the word "Ober"?
Borrowed from German Ober. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nock#65,346Niue#65,342PaaS#65,377parm#65,387

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list