nachts
[naxt͡s]
The verdict
“nachts” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,165
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitangabe: In der Nacht, während der Nacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachts · nachts · German
nachts · rank #2,165 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,165
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH morgens
Nearest frequency peer: morgens (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nachts”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kommst
kommst
97,839 corpus weight
- Krankheit
Krankheit
97,838 corpus weight
- morgens
morgens
97,837 corpus weight
- nachts
nachts
97,836 corpus weight
- namens
namens
97,835 corpus weight
- Nazis
Nazis
97,834 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nachts” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | nachts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [naxt͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “nachts” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around nachts (IPA [naxt͡s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #2,165 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Zeitangabe: In der Nacht, während der Nacht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nachts, with forms such as "anchts", "nacchts", and "nachhts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nachts, spelled N-A-C-H-T-S.
Definition
- 1Zeitangabe: In der Nacht, während der Nacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nachts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachts sind alle Katzen grau. (Deutsches Sprichwort)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anchts
- nacchts
- nachhts
- nachst
- nachtss
- nachtts
- nacths
- nahcts
- ncahts
- nnachts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nachts - 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 "nachts", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "nachts". Here's where to go from here.
- "nachts" maps to 15 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Naht". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,165 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.