nanu
[naˈnuː]
The verdict
“nanu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,915. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,915
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erstaunen oder Verwunderung ausdrückend
Corpus desk
Index DE-nanu · nanu · German
nanu · rank #38,915 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,915
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachtwächter
Nearest frequency peer: Nachtwächter (-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 „nanu“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Mörser
Mörser
61,089 corpus weight
- Müritz
Müritz
61,088 corpus weight
- Nachtwächter
Nachtwächter
61,087 corpus weight
- nanu
nanu
61,086 corpus weight
- Narzissmus
Narzissmus
61,085 corpus weight
- Nationalfei…
Nationalfeiertag
61,084 corpus weight
What this shows „nanu“ 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 | nanu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [naˈnuː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nanu“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around nanu (IPA [naˈnuː]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #38,915 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Erstaunen oder Verwunderung ausdrückend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nanu, with forms such as "annu", "nannu", and "naun". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nun", "neu", "nen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 nanu, spelled N-A-N-U.
Definition
- 1Erstaunen oder Verwunderung ausdrückend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nanu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nanu? Ein Lob für Migranten? Diese seien eine "Bereicherung" für Deutschland, sagt Sarrazin.“
„›Nanu‹, dachte er[,] ›was zupft an meinem Ohr?‹“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annu
- nannu
- naun
- nnanu
- nnau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nanu - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "nanu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).