naives
[naˈiːvəs]
The verdict
“naives” is uncommon German (frequency #79,534 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,534
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs naiv
Corpus desk
Index DE-naives · naives · German
naives · rank #79,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,534
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nahrungsquelle
Nearest frequency peer: Nahrungsquelle (-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 „naives“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nachreichen
nachreichen
20,470 corpus weight
- Nachschlage…
Nachschlagewerke
20,469 corpus weight
- Nahrungsque…
Nahrungsquelle
20,468 corpus weight
- naives
naives
20,467 corpus weight
- Napa
Napa
20,466 corpus weight
- Naturproduk…
Naturprodukte
20,465 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „naives“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naives |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [naˈiːvəs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „naives“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
naives is uncommon German at frequency #79,534 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [naˈiːvəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for naives, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 naives, spelled N-A-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs naiv
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs naiv
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs naiv
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs naiv
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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