Napf
[nap͡f]
The verdict
“Napf” is uncommon German (frequency #57,270 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,270
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein kleines Gefäß oder eine kleine Schüssel ohne Deckel
Corpus desk
Index DE-napf · Napf · German
Napf · rank #57,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,270
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH nackig
Nearest frequency peer: nackig (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Napf”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nachrichten…
Nachrichtensprecher
42,734 corpus weight
- Nachsatz
Nachsatz
42,733 corpus weight
- nackig
nackig
42,732 corpus weight
- Napf
Napf
42,731 corpus weight
- Nationalrats
Nationalrats
42,729 corpus weight
- naturhistor…
naturhistorischen
42,728 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Napf” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Napf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nap͡f] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Napf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Napf is uncommon German at frequency #57,270 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nap͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein kleines Gefäß oder eine kleine Schüssel ohne Deckel".
No misspelling variants are generated for Napf 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Napf, spelled N-A-P-F.
Definition
- 1ein kleines Gefäß oder eine kleine Schüssel ohne Deckel
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Napf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.