Nachtschicht
[ˈnaxtˌʃɪçt]
The verdict
“Nachtschicht” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,445
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbeitszeit, Dienst in der Nacht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachtschicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaxtˌʃɪçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #22,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nachtschicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Nachtschicht (IPA [ˈnaxtˌʃɪçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,445 among 26,919 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nachtschicht, with forms such as "anchtschicht", "nacchtschicht", and "nachhtschicht". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nachtschicht, spelled N-A-C-H-T-S-C-H-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Arbeitszeit, Dienst in der Nacht
- 2die Gruppe der Arbeiter in einer Nachtschicht^([1])
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anchtschicht
- nacchtschicht
- nachhtschicht
- nachstchicht
- nachtcshicht
- nachtscchicht
- nachtschciht
- nachtschhicht
- nachtschiccht
- nachtschichht
- nachtschichtt
- nachtschicth
- nachtschihct
- nachtscihcht
- nachtshcicht
- nachtsschicht
- nachttschicht
- nacthschicht
- nahctschicht
- ncahtschicht
- nnachtschicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nachtschicht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Nachtschicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-T-S-C-H-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnaxtˌʃɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.