Nachbar
[ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Nachbar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,513
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in unmittelbarer Nähe wohnende Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachbar · Nachbar · German
Nachbar · rank #5,513 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,513
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Mecklenburg
Nearest frequency peer: Mecklenburg (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Nachbar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lieferung
Lieferung
94,491 corpus weight
- line
line
94,490 corpus weight
- Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
94,489 corpus weight
- Nachbar
Nachbar
94,488 corpus weight
- Nachbarscha…
Nachbarschaft
94,487 corpus weight
- nass
nass
94,486 corpus weight
What this shows „Nachbar“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nachbar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Nachbar (IPA [ˈnaxˌbaːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,513 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nachbar, with forms such as "anchbar", "nacbhar", and "nacchbar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nachher", "Nachbau", "Nachbarn", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Nachbar, spelled N-A-C-H-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1in unmittelbarer Nähe wohnende Person
- 2in unmittelbarer Nähe befindliche Person
- 3benachbarte Gemeinde, Land und so weiter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nachbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unsere Nachbarn vertragen sich untereinander sehr gut.
„Nach Ansicht der Eltern und einiger befragter Nachbarn machte die Demonstrationsperson vor der Schulzeit den Eindruck eines bescheidenen, still-vergnügten und unauffälligen Kindes, das sich allgemeiner Sympathien erfreute.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anchbar
- nacbhar
- nacchbar
- nachabr
- nachbarr
- nachbbar
- nachbra
- nachhbar
- nahcbar
- ncahbar
- nnachbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nachbar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nachbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).