narrative

/[naʁaˈtiːvə]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,541

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

narrative is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ Pronounced [naʁaˈtiːvə]. Often confused with normative and narrativ.

Key facts for narrative
PropertyValue
Headwordnarrative
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[naʁaˈtiːvə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,541
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of narrative in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for narrative is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naʁaˈtiːvə]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,541 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for narrative, with forms such as "anrrative", "narartive", and "narative". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "normative", "narrativ", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is narrative, spelled N-A-R-R-A-T-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anrrative,narartive,narative,narraitve,narratiev,narrativve,narrattive,narratvie,narrtaive,nnarrative,nrarative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for narrative

Misspelling Variants of "narrative"

anrrative9narartive9narative8narraitve9narratiev9narrativve10narrattive10narratvie9
Misspelling Variants of "narrative"

Frequency rank: #26,541 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "narrative"?
"narrative" is spelled N-A-R-R-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [naʁaˈtiːvə].
What does "narrative" mean?
As an adj, "narrative" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs narrativ
What words are commonly confused with "narrative"?
"narrative" is commonly confused with "normative", "narrativ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "narrative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "narrative" is [naʁaˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "narrative" come from?
"narrative" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.