nachsehen

Name: nachsehen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈnaːxˌzeːən]

/[ˈnaːxˌzeːən]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“nachsehen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,370
frequency rank, German: 1,954
“N” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach Information suchen, eine Recherche durchführen, etwas verifizieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachsehen · nachsehen · German

nachsehen · rank #14,370 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #14,370
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 1,954
PHOTO-FINISH nachdenklich

Nearest frequency peer: nachdenklich (-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.

mächtiger

85,634
mündliche

85,633
nachdenklich

85,632
nachsehen

85,631
Neuanfang

85,629
Nische

85,628

What this shows „nachsehen“ 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).

nachsehen vs nächsten

67% similar

nachsehen vs nachziehen

80% similar

nachsehen vs nachstehend

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nachsehen
Property	Value
Headword	nachsehen
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈnaːxˌzeːən]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#14,370
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nachsehen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nachsehenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#14,370

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „nachdenklich“ (#14,369), „mündliche“ (#14,368), „Neuanfang“ (#14,372). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachsehen“ bei #14,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around nachsehen (IPA [ˈnaːxˌzeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,370 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 nachsehen, with forms such as "anchsehen", "nacchsehen", and "nacheshen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "nächsten", "nachziehen", "nachstehend", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nachsehen, spelled N-A-C-H-S-E-H-E-N.

Definition

1
nach Information suchen, eine Recherche durchführen, etwas verifizieren
2
nach Fehlern suchen, etwas überprüfen
3
jemandem oder etwas sich Entfernendes mit den Augen folgen
4
für die Handlungen / das Verhalten von jemandem Verständnis aufbringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nachsehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Die Frage kann ich nicht beantworten; da muss ich erst nachsehen.
Wenn du das nicht aus dem Kopf weißt, kannst du das dann nicht mal eben schnell für mich nachsehen?

Synonyms

nachgucken nachschauen nachblättern nachschlagen nachforschen recherchieren überprüfen überprüfen checken kontrollieren mustern hinterher schauen nachblickendurchgehen lassenentschuldigen verzeihen

This word in other languages

look up(English)enterarse(Español)regarder(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

anchsehen
nacchsehen
nacheshen
nachhsehen
nachseehn
nachsehenn
nachsehhen
nachsehne
nachsheen
nachssehen
nacshehen
nahcsehen
ncahsehen
nnachsehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nachsehen - 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.

Edit distance from "nachsehen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nachsehen"?

"nachsehen" is spelled N-A-C-H-S-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌzeːən].

What does "nachsehen" mean?

As a verb, "nachsehen" means: nach Information suchen, eine Recherche durchführen, etwas verifizieren

What words are commonly confused with "nachsehen"?

"nachsehen" is commonly confused with "nächsten", "nachziehen", "nachstehend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "nachsehen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachsehen" is [ˈnaːxˌzeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "nachsehen" come from?

"nachsehen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nachsehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mündliche#14,368 Neuanfang#14,372 mächtiger#14,367 maximalen#14,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

ländliche14 variants Klischees14 variants stammenden14 variants Superstar14 variants