nachlegen
[ˈnaːxˌleːɡn̩]
The verdict
“nachlegen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,103
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehr Material aufs Feuer legen, damit es weiterbrennt; mehr davon hinlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachlegen · nachlegen · German
nachlegen · rank #37,103 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,103
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachholbedarf
Nearest frequency peer: Nachholbedarf (-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 „nachlegen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- mündete
mündete
62,901 corpus weight
- Nachholbeda…
Nachholbedarf
62,899 corpus weight
- nachlegen
nachlegen
62,898 corpus weight
- Nachspiel
Nachspiel
62,897 corpus weight
- Namensänder…
Namensänderung
62,896 corpus weight
- namhafter
namhafter
62,895 corpus weight
What this shows „nachlegen“ 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 | nachlegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌleːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nachlegen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around nachlegen (IPA [ˈnaːxˌleːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,103 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for nachlegen, with forms such as "anchlegen", "nacchlegen", and "nachelgen". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "nachlesen", "nachsehen", "nahelegen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nachlegen, spelled N-A-C-H-L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1mehr Material aufs Feuer legen, damit es weiterbrennt; mehr davon hinlegen
- 2ein weiteres (gewichtiges, scharfes, verletzendes) Argument anführen
- 3die Leistung steigern
- 4weitere Werke/Titel/Arbeiten veröffentlichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachlegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zur Nacht sollten wir noch etwas Holz nachlegen, damit die Glut bis zum Morgen hält.
Leg doch noch mal ein paar Kotletts nach, die Leute haben doch noch alle Hunger!
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anchlegen
- nacchlegen
- nachelgen
- nachhlegen
- nachleegn
- nachlegenn
- nachleggen
- nachlegne
- nachlgeen
- nachllegen
- naclhegen
- nahclegen
- ncahlegen
- nnachlegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nachlegen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "nachlegen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).