nachteilig
[ˈnaːxˌtaɪ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“nachteilig” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,860
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachteile hervorrufend/herbeibringend
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachteilig · nachteilig · German
nachteilig · rank #27,860 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,860
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachdrücklich
Nearest frequency peer: nachdrücklich (-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 „nachteilig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- murr
murr
72,145 corpus weight
- müden
müden
72,143 corpus weight
- nachdrückli…
nachdrücklich
72,142 corpus weight
- nachteilig
nachteilig
72,141 corpus weight
- Nachwelt
Nachwelt
72,140 corpus weight
- Nele
Nele
72,138 corpus weight
What this shows „nachteilig“ 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 | nachteilig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌtaɪ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nachteilig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around nachteilig (IPA [ˈnaːxˌtaɪ̯lɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,860 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nachteile hervorrufend/herbeibringend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for nachteilig, with forms such as "anchteilig", "nacchteilig", and "nachetilig". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Nachteil", "Nachteile", "Nachteilen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is nachteilig, spelled N-A-C-H-T-E-I-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1Nachteile hervorrufend/herbeibringend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nachteilig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das wirkt sich nachteilig aus.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anchteilig
- nacchteilig
- nachetilig
- nachhteilig
- nachteiilg
- nachteilgi
- nachteiligg
- nachteillig
- nachteliig
- nachtielig
- nachtteilig
- nactheilig
- nahcteilig
- ncahteilig
- nnachteilig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nachteilig - 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 "nachteilig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).