nachstellen

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

[ˈnaːxˌʃtɛlən]

/[ˈnaːxˌʃtɛlən]/ verb

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

The verdict

“nachstellen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,700
frequency rank, German: 1,954
“N” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas nach einer Änderung / nach einem bestimmten Zeitraum wieder genau einstellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachstellen · nachstellen · German

nachstellen · rank #42,700 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #42,700
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 1,954
PHOTO-FINISH nachgewiesenen

Nearest frequency peer: nachgewiesenen (-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.

Münder

57,304
nachgebaut

57,303
nachgewiese…

57,302
nachstellen

57,301
nahegelegt

57,300
Naturschütz…

57,299

What this shows „nachstellen“ 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).

nachstellen vs Nachteilen

73% similar

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

Key facts for nachstellen
Property	Value
Headword	nachstellen
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈnaːxˌʃtɛlən]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#42,700
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nachstellen“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).nachstellenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#42,700

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „nachgewiesenen“ (#42,699), „nahegelegt“ (#42,701), „nachgebaut“ (#42,698). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachstellen“ bei #42,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around nachstellen (IPA [ˈnaːxˌʃtɛlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,700 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for nachstellen, with forms such as "anchstellen", "nacchstellen", and "nachhstellen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Nachteilen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is nachstellen, spelled N-A-C-H-S-T-E-L-L-E-N.

Definition

1
etwas nach einer Änderung / nach einem bestimmten Zeitraum wieder genau einstellen
2
die Zeiger einer Uhr zurückstellen
3
eine Situation originalgetreu darstellen, wiedergeben
4
ein Wort oder ein Satzglied in einem Satz hinter ein anderes setzen oder verschieben
5
ein Tier oder eine Person verfolgen
6
eine Person hartnäckig umwerben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Aufgrund der hohen Belastung seiner Fahrradbremsen musste er sie nach der Geländetour nachstellen.
Weil seine Uhr vorging, musste er sie nachstellen.

Antonyms

vorstellen

This word in other languages

readjust(English)reajustar(Español)rajuster(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

anchstellen
nacchstellen
nachhstellen
nachsetllen
nachsstellen
nachsteleln
nachstelen
nachstellenn
nachstellne
nachstlelen
nachsttellen
nachtsellen
nacshtellen
nahcstellen
ncahstellen
nnachstellen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nachstellen - 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 "nachstellen"

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 "nachstellen"?

"nachstellen" is spelled N-A-C-H-S-T-E-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌʃtɛlən].

What does "nachstellen" mean?

As a verb, "nachstellen" means: etwas nach einer Änderung / nach einem bestimmten Zeitraum wieder genau einstellen

What words are commonly confused with "nachstellen"?

"nachstellen" is commonly confused with "Nachteilen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "nachstellen"?

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

What language does "nachstellen" come from?

"nachstellen" 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 "nachstellen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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