Nachwort

[ˈnaːxˌvɔʁt]

/[ˈnaːxˌvɔʁt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Nachwort” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,318
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abschließender Teil eines literarischen Werkes

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachwort · Nachwort · German

Nachwort · rank #28,318 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,318
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nachzuvollzie…

Nearest frequency peer: nachzuvollziehen (+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 „Nachwort“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Nachwort“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Nachwort vs Nachwelt
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Nachwort
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachwort
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaːxˌvɔʁt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,318
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nachwort“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Nachwortliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „nachzuvollziehen“ (#28,319), „Muschel“ (#28,316), „naiven“ (#28,320). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nachwort“ bei #28,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Nachwort (IPA [ˈnaːxˌvɔʁt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,318 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "abschließender Teil eines literarischen Werkes".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nachwort, with forms such as "anchwort", "nacchwort", and "nachhwort". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Nachwelt", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Nachwort, spelled N-A-C-H-W-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    abschließender Teil eines literarischen Werkes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Nachwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Roman wurde aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Max Müller.
  2. Der Autor selbst hat ein aufschlussreiches Nachwort geschrieben.

Synonyms

EpilogNachredeSchlussredeSchlusswort

Antonyms

PrologVorredeVorwort

This word in other languages

afterword(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anchwort
  • nacchwort
  • nachhwort
  • nachowrt
  • nachworrt
  • nachwortt
  • nachwotr
  • nachwrot
  • nachwwort
  • nacwhort
  • nahcwort
  • ncahwort
  • nnachwort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nachwort - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anchwort2nacchwort1nachhwort1nachowrt2nachworrt1nachwortt1nachwotr2nachwrot2
Edit distance from "Nachwort"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nachwort"?
"Nachwort" is spelled N-A-C-H-W-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌvɔʁt].
What does "Nachwort" mean?
As a noun, "Nachwort" means: abschließender Teil eines literarischen Werkes
What words are commonly confused with "Nachwort"?
"Nachwort" is commonly confused with "Nachwelt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Nachwort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachwort" is [ˈnaːxˌvɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachwort" come from?
"Nachwort" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nachwort", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list