nachts

/[naxt͡s]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,165

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

nachts is anGermanadv. It means: Zeitangabe: In der Nacht, während der Nacht Pronounced [naxt͡s]. It ranks #2,165 in German word frequency. Often confused with Naht and nicht.

Key facts for nachts
PropertyValue
Headwordnachts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[naxt͡s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,165
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nachts in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nachts is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naxt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,165 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zeitangabe: In der Nacht, während der Nacht".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for nachts, with forms such as "anchts", "nacchts", and "nachhts". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Naht", "nicht", "nackt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nachts, spelled N-A-C-H-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zeitangabe: In der Nacht, während der Nacht

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anchts,nacchts,nachhts,nachst,nachtss,nachtts,nacths,nahcts,ncahts,nnachts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nachts

Misspelling Variants of "nachts"

anchts6nacchts7nachhts7nachst6nachtss7nachtts7nacths6nahcts6
Misspelling Variants of "nachts"

Frequency rank: #2,165 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nachts"?
"nachts" is spelled N-A-C-H-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [naxt͡s].
What does "nachts" mean?
As an adv, "nachts" means: Zeitangabe: In der Nacht, während der Nacht
What words are commonly confused with "nachts"?
"nachts" is commonly confused with "Naht", "nicht", "nackt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nachts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachts" is [naxt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachts" come from?
"nachts" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.