Nachbar

/[ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,513

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Nachbar is aGermannoun. It means: in unmittelbarer Nähe wohnende Person Pronounced [ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯]. It ranks #5,513 in German word frequency. Often confused with nachher and Nachbau.

Key facts for Nachbar
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HeadwordNachbar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,513
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Nachbar in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nachbar is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,513 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Nachbar, with forms such as "anchbar", "nacbhar", and "nacchbar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nachher", "Nachbau", "Nachbarn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Nachbar, spelled N-A-C-H-B-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in unmittelbarer Nähe wohnende Person
  2. 2
    in unmittelbarer Nähe befindliche Person
  3. 3
    benachbarte Gemeinde, Land und so weiter

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anchbar,nacbhar,nacchbar,nachabr,nachbarr,nachbbar,nachbra,nachhbar,nahcbar,ncahbar,nnachbar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Nachbar

Misspelling Variants of "Nachbar"

anchbar7nacbhar7nacchbar8nachabr7nachbarr8nachbbar8nachbra7nachhbar8
Misspelling Variants of "Nachbar"

Frequency rank: #5,513 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nachbar"?
"Nachbar" is spelled N-A-C-H-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯].
What does "Nachbar" mean?
As a noun, "Nachbar" means: in unmittelbarer Nähe wohnende Person
What words are commonly confused with "Nachbar"?
"Nachbar" is commonly confused with "nachher", "Nachbau", "Nachbarn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Nachbar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachbar" is [ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachbar" come from?
"Nachbar" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.