Nachtfalter
[ˈnaxtˌfaltɐ]
The verdict
“Nachtfalter” is uncommon German (frequency #97,433 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,433
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großschmetterling (Macrolepidoptera), der nicht zu den Tagfaltern (Rhopalócera) gehört (die meisten fliegen nachts)
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachtfalter · Nachtfalter · German
Nachtfalter · rank #97,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,433
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachsteht
Nearest frequency peer: nachsteht (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Nachtfalter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nachfolgend…
nachfolgendem
2,571 corpus weight
- nachgiebig
nachgiebig
2,570 corpus weight
- nachsteht
nachsteht
2,569 corpus weight
- Nachtfalter
Nachtfalter
2,568 corpus weight
- nachträglic…
nachträgliches
2,567 corpus weight
- Nachweises
Nachweises
2,566 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nachtfalter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachtfalter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaxtˌfaltɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachtfalter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nachtfalter is uncommon German at frequency #97,433 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaxtˌfaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Großschmetterling (Macrolepidoptera), der nicht zu den Tagfaltern (Rhopalócera) gehört (die meisten fliegen nachts)".
Zero misspellings are on record for Nachtfalter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Nachtfalter, spelled N-A-C-H-T-F-A-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Großschmetterling (Macrolepidoptera), der nicht zu den Tagfaltern (Rhopalócera) gehört (die meisten fliegen nachts)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nachtfalter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Fledermäuse ernähren sich von Nachtfaltern.
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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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