NAFTA

[ˈnafta]

/[ˈnafta]/ noun

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The verdict

“NAFTA” is uncommon German (frequency #70,608 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,608
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Kanada und Mexiko

Corpus desk

Index DE-nafta · NAFTA · German

NAFTA · rank #70,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,608
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nagetiere

Nearest frequency peer: Nagetiere (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „NAFTA“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „NAFTA“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for NAFTA
PropertyValue
HeadwordNAFTA
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnafta]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,608
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „NAFTA“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).NAFTAfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nagetiere“ (#70,609), „nacktem“ (#70,606), „narrativen“ (#70,610). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „NAFTA“ bei #70,608. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

NAFTA is uncommon German at frequency #70,608 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnafta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Kanada und Mexiko".

No misspelling variants are generated for NAFTA in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is NAFTA, spelled N-A-F-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Kanada und Mexiko

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die NAFTA ist am 1. Januar 1994 in Kraft getreten.

This word in other languages

NAFTA(English)ALÉNA(Français)

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 "NAFTA"?
"NAFTA" is spelled N-A-F-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnafta].
What does "NAFTA" mean?
As a noun, "NAFTA" means: Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Kanada und Mexiko
How do you pronounce "NAFTA"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "NAFTA" is [ˈnafta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "NAFTA" come from?
"NAFTA" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mägde#70,597moria#70,587ortet#70,643medis#70,560

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list