nächstbeste
[ˌnɛːçstˈbɛstə]
The verdict
“nächstbeste” is uncommon German (frequency #92,024 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,024
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne lange Suche oder Überlegung gefundene; zunächst, als Erstes und Bestes sich anbietende, vorgefundene
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nächstbeste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌnɛːçstˈbɛstə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nächstbeste” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nächstbeste is uncommon German at frequency #92,024 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌnɛːçstˈbɛstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne lange Suche oder Überlegung gefundene; zunächst, als Erstes und Bestes sich anbietende, vorgefundene".
nächstbeste has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nächstbeste, spelled N-Ä-C-H-S-T-B-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1ohne lange Suche oder Überlegung gefundene; zunächst, als Erstes und Bestes sich anbietende, vorgefundene
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-Ä-C-H-S-T-B-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.