Nadel
[ˈnaːdl̩]
The verdict
“Nadel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,904. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,904
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - längliches, dünnes Werkzeug mit Spitze, je nach Verwendungszweck unterschiedlich geformt
Corpus desk
Index DE-nadel · Nadel · German
Nadel · rank #10,904 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,904
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH mountain
Nearest frequency peer: mountain (-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 „Nadel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- misstrauen
misstrauen
89,100 corpus weight
- mitgemacht
mitgemacht
89,099 corpus weight
- mountain
mountain
89,098 corpus weight
- Nadel
Nadel
89,097 corpus weight
- neidisch
neidisch
89,096 corpus weight
- Ni
Ni
89,095 corpus weight
What this shows „Nadel“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Nadel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːdl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nadel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Nadel (IPA [ˈnaːdl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,904 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nadel, with forms such as "andel", "naddel", and "nadell". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nel", "Name", "nahe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Nadel, spelled N-A-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1längliches, dünnes Werkzeug mit Spitze, je nach Verwendungszweck unterschiedlich geformt
- 2das nadelförmig umgebildete Blatt des Nadelbaums
- 3dünner Draht mit einem Diamanten an der Spitze, der die Rille einer Schallplatte mit Hilfe von Verstärkern in Schall wandelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nadel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schneider führt eine flinke Nadel.
„Mr. Mullins und Josey und Doktor Smoaks mußten sich alle drei auf sie setzen und sie festhalten, während er mit der Nadel zustach und ihr das Betäubungsmittel einspritzte.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- andel
- naddel
- nadell
- nadle
- naedl
- ndael
- nnadel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nadel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Nadel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).