Oktoberfest

noun

"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
15,494
“O” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...

Key facts for Oktoberfest
PropertyValue
HeadwordOktoberfest
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#38,075
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Oktoberfest” sits in English 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). Oktoberfest lands here:

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

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Oktoberfest, anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,075 among 15,494 “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.

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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Using “Oktoberfest”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is O-K-T-O-B-E-R-F-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list