nochvsnodeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: noch is a adverb, node is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“noch” is an adverb and “node” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36
“noch” frequency rank
#46,175
“node” frequency rank
46211
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature noch node
Definition des Weiteren ein kleines unterscheidbares Stück des Gewebes

Where the eye mixes noch and node

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
noch
4 ch
node

Look-alike desk: noch vs node

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: noch is [nɔx] while node is [nəʊd]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

noch is recorded at frequency rank #36, classified as anadv, pronounced [nɔx]. node is at rank #46,175, tagged as anoun, pronounced [nəʊd].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46211, this pair ranks #1,326,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of noch vs node

Shared letters: no. Private to "noch": ch. Private to "node": de.

"noch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "node" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nochncoh · nnoch · nocch · nochh · nohc · onch
  • nodendoe · nnode · nodde · noed · onde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "noch" for "node" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "noch" is an adverb and "node" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "noch" or "node" show up more?
"noch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36 in our German list, against #46,175 for "node". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "noch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "node" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,326,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "noch" and "node" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "node vs nox". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,326,779 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list