# Odessa

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əʊˈdɛsə/ · frequency rank #22,455

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## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós). Compare Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). The city was on the former Turkish territory of Yedisan, which may have influenced the choice of name. Yedisan means "seven titles" i.e. tribes, from yedi + san.

## Easily confused with
- **Odisha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odessa-vs-odisha)
- **Orissa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odessa-vs-orissa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`doessa`, `oddessa`, `odesa`, `odesas`, `odsesa`, `oedssa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/odessa