Oktoberfest

noun

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"oktoberfest" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Oktoberfest” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,075
frequency rank, English
1,431
“O” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long...

Corpus desk

Index EN-oktoberfest · Oktoberfest · English

Oktoberfest · rank #38,075 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,075
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,431
  • PHOTO-FINISH Odom

Nearest frequency peer: Odom (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Oktoberfest”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Oktoberfest” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Oktoberfest
PropertyValue
HeadwordOktoberfest
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#38,075
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Oktoberfest”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Oktoberfestlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Odom” (#38,074), “oncologist” (#38,076), “onside” (#38,077). Among 1,431 “O” headwords, “Oktoberfest” is #38,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Oktoberfest, anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,075 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oktoberfest, with forms such as "kotoberfest", "okktoberfest", and "okotberfest". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From German Oktoberfest. The correct English form is Oktoberfest, spelled O-K-T-O-B-E-R-F-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long benches.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Oktoberfest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. These Oktoberfests always resulted in bitter physical complaints, (“My liver is swelled to the thickness of seven inches, and I have spiders in my urine”), but they served for him the same peculiar function that all-night country-club gin parties were serving elsewhere.
  2. Joe Rogers writes that he and Jean are headed for Germany and are quite pleased with the prospect. They must have heard about these Oktoberfests.

Etymology

From German Oktoberfest.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kotoberfest
  • okktoberfest
  • okotberfest
  • oktboerfest
  • oktobberfest
  • oktobefrest
  • oktoberefst
  • oktoberfesst
  • oktoberfestt
  • oktoberfets
  • oktoberffest
  • oktoberfset
  • oktoberrfest
  • oktobrefest
  • oktoebrfest
  • okttoberfest
  • otkoberfest

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oktoberfest - 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.

kotoberfest2okktoberfest1okotberfest2oktboerfest2oktobberfest1oktobefrest2oktoberefst2oktoberfesst1
Edit distance from "Oktoberfest"

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 "Oktoberfest"?
"Oktoberfest" is spelled O-K-T-O-B-E-R-F-E-S-T.
What does "Oktoberfest" mean?
As a noun, "Oktoberfest" means: A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long...
What are common misspellings of "Oktoberfest"?
Common misspellings include "kotoberfest", "okktoberfest", "okotberfest", "oktboerfest", "oktobberfest". The correct spelling is "Oktoberfest".
What is the origin of the word "Oktoberfest"?
From German Oktoberfest. 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 "Oktoberfest", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list